Participation of and Genes in Sucrose Utilization in the Disruption of Cambium Derivatives Differentiation of Silver Birch.

Background: The mechanisms that control the accumulation of woody biomass are of great interest to the study. Invertase and sucrose synthase are enzymes that are vital for distributing carbon in various biosynthetic pathways. Karelian birch ( var.

Cambial Age Influences PCD Gene Expression during Xylem Development and Heartwood Formation.

Heartwood formation is an important ontogenetic stage in Scots pine ( L.). The amount of heartwood determines the proportion of functionally active sapwood in the total trunk biomass as well as the quality of wood.

Plant-Programmed Cell Death-Associated Genes Participation in L. Trunk Tissue Formation.

Molecular genetic markers of various PCD (programmed cell death) variants during xylo- and phloemogenesis have been identified for the first time in Scots pine under lingonberry pine forest conditions in Northwest Russia (middle taiga subzone). PCD is a genetically determined process. Gene profiles of serine and cysteine proteases (endopeptidases), endonucleases, and metacaspases families are often considered markers of the final xylogenesis stage.