Article on improved staining of extracellular polymer for electron microscopy and an examination of Azotobacter, Zoogloea, Leuconostoc, and Bacillus.

Article describing a novel S6 kinase isolated from human placenta which autoactivates through autophosphorylation in vitro. The data supports the hypothesis that this previously uncharacterized S6 kinase belongs to a unique family of protein kinases which utilize autophosphorylation as part of their in vivo activation mechanism.

Article on N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine in dry and imbibing cottonseeds.

Article on cis elements and potential trans-acting factors for the developmental regulation of the Phaseolus vulgaris CHS15 promoter.

Article discussing stress activation of a bean hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein promoter superimposed on a pattern of tissue-specific developmental expression.

Article proposing a model in which phosphorylation of sites 1 and 2 occurs sequentially. The model proposes that trypsin treatment of the inactive holoenzyme removes an inhibitory rac-binding domain which blocks MgATP access to the catalytic site. The pseudosubstrate domain at site 1 is autophosphorylated and subsequent bimolecular autophosphorylation at site 2 fully opens the catalytic site.

Article on N-acylethanolamines metabolizing by lipoxygenase and amidohydrolase in competing pathways during cottonseed inbibition.

Article on improved forage digestibility of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) by transgenic down-regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

This article discusses genome-wide mutagenesis of Zea mays L. using RescueMu transposons.

Article on bacterial cyanide oxygenase as a suite of enzymes catalyzing the scavenging and adventitious utilization of cyanide as a nitrogenous growth substrate.

Article on proanthocyanidin biosynthesis.

Article on a functional analysis of members of the isoflavone and isoflavanone O-methyltransferase enzyme families from the model legume Medicago truncatula.

With a current population of just over half a million and a 2030 projected population of approximately one million, expansion throughout Denton County shows no sign of slowing down (NCTCOG). Increasingly, freshwater resources are also facing increased pressure from this urban expansion. Effective assessment and management techniques are necessary to protect the diversity of ecosystem services found within fluvial ecosystems and to mitigate current and future conditions of environmental stressor amplified by urban development. The use of various spatial analysis techniques in environmental assessment present more expedient, cost effective, and broader ranging methods of evaluation than traditional field techniques. One such novel evaluation technique is the Water Quality Corridor Management (WQCM) model, developed by the University of North Texas in cooperation with the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD). The WQCM model is a geospatial database that utilizes GIS and remote sensing techniques to assess and prioritize stream reaches according to their overall health and sustainability. This project assessed the viability of the WQCM model in reviewing the status of stream systems, and ultimately, established an accurate mechanism for evaluating the stream corridor and surface water quality draining into Lewisville Lake, a popular recreation site and drinking water source for …

This book chapter provides an overview of the genomics and postgenomic technologies that are likely to have the greatest impacts on agronomy over the next 10-20 years and describes a number of case studies of their application.

Article on early steps in proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula.

This article discusses functional characterization of the Arabidopsis AtSUC2 Sucrose/H+ Symporter.

Article discussing research on BOV, a web-based BLAST output visualization tool.

Article on improving saccharification efficiency of alfalfa stems through modification of the terminal stages of monolignol biosynthesis.

Supplementary materials accompanying an article on improving saccharification efficiency of alfalfa stems through modification of the terminal stages of monolignol biosynthesis.

This paper discusses expressed sequence tag sequencing over grid and cloud computing clusters, specifically for biological applications. In this paper, the authors propose a Web service framework for high-level job scheduling that is developed for scientific applications.

Article on phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and characterization of the four tobacco PAL genes and active heterotetrameric enzymes.

Article showing that overexpression of MsProDH in tobacco and Arabidopsis or impairment of P5C oxidation in the Arabidopsis p5cdh mutant did not change the cellular Pro to P5C ratio under ambient and osmotic stress conditions, indicating that P5C excess was reduced to Pro in a mitochondrial-cytosolic cycle. Results show that normal oxidation of P5C to Glu by P5CDH is key to prevent P5C-Pro intensive cycling and avoid ROS production from electron run-off.

Article on lipid profiling revealing tissue-specific differences for N-acylethanolamines and their precursors in mice lacking fatty acid amide hydrolase.

Article on the down-regulation of the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase gene in switchgrass revealing a novel monolignol analog.