Publications by authors named "Waldemar Wojciechowski"

The maturation of seeds is a process of particular importance both for the plant itself by assuring the survival of the species and for the human population for nutritional and economic reasons. Controlling this process requires a strict coordination of many factors at different levels of the functioning of genetic and hormonal changes as well as cellular organization. One of the most important examples is the transcriptional activity of the gene regulatory network, which includes LEAFY () and - () and (), (), and (), as well as hormonal homeostasis-of abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellins (GA) in particular.

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The floral development in an important legume crop yellow lupine ( L., Taper cv.) is often affected by the abscission of flowers leading to significant economic losses.

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The plant hormone auxin plays a critical role in regulating plant growth and development. Recent advances have been made that having improved our understanding of auxin response pathways, primarily by characterizing the genes encoding auxin response factors (ARFs) in Arabidopsis. In addition, the expression of some ARFs is regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs).

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The miR172 gene is involved in the regulation of flowering time and floral organ identity in Arabidopsis thaliana through regulation of APETALA2 (AP2)-like genes' activity. AP2 plays critical roles in establishing meristem and organ identity during floral development. Additionally, the AP2-like genes including TARGET OF EAT1 (TOE1), TOE2, SMZ, SNZ are involved in the timing of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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The light- and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-regulated 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase gene (PnACS) from Pharbitis nil was isolated. Here, it was shown that the gene was expressed in cotyledons, petioles, hypocotyls, root and shoot apexes both in light- and dark-grown seedlings. The highest expression level of PnACS was found in the roots.

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Recently we have shown that in vitro binding of the proximal part of the human tyrosine hydroxylase gene to the nuclear matrix is correlated with its transcriptional activity. The strongest binding potential was predicted by computing for the first intron sequence (Lenartowski & Goc, 2002, Neurosci Lett.; 330: 151-154).

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