Phalaenopsis flowering locus VE regulates floral organ maturation.

PaFVE is low ambient temperature-inducible and acts as a systemic regulator in the early stage of floral development in Phalaenopsis. Phalaenopsis aphrodite: subsp. formosana, a native orchid species of Taiwan, is an economically important ornamental crop that requires low ambient temperature for floral transition.

MSRB7 reverses oxidation of GSTF2/3 to confer tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana to oxidative stress.

Methionine sulfoxide reductases (MSRs) catalyse the reduction of oxidized methionine residues, thereby protecting proteins against oxidative stress. Accordingly, MSRs have been associated with stress responses, disease, and senescence in a taxonomically diverse array of organisms. However, the cytosolic substrates of MSRs in plants remain largely unknown.

Arabidopsis root-abundant cytosolic methionine sulfoxide reductase B genes MsrB7 and MsrB8 are involved in tolerance to oxidative stress.

Excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation under various environmental stresses can damage intracellular polysaccharides, DNA, lipids and proteins. Methionine sulfoxide reductase (MSR) participates in a protein repair system that is one of the defensive mechanisms that diminishes oxidative destruction. In Arabidopsis, cytosolic MsrB7 and MsrB8 are oxidative stress-inducible protein repair enzymes that are abundant in the root.

Tape-Arabidopsis Sandwich - a simpler Arabidopsis protoplast isolation method.

Background: Protoplasts isolated from leaves are useful materials in plant research. One application, the transient expression of recombinant genes using Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts (TEAMP), is currently commonly used for studies of subcellular protein localization, promoter activity, and in vivo protein-protein interactions. This method requires cutting leaves into very thin slivers to collect mesophyll cell protoplasts, a procedure that often causes cell damage, may yield only a few good protoplasts, and is time consuming.

[Being personal: the development of community psychiatric mental health nursing].

Community psychiatric mental health nursing care emphasizes humanistic values and focuses on serving patient and family needs. In Taiwan, such care is delivered largely as part of patient discharge care plans and hospital / community based service models. Issues involved underscore the importance of operating an effective and integrated transfer system, the role and function of nurses and training in relevant competencies (Shiau, Huang & Lin, 2005).