Salomon Garcia: Week 11

Preparation for Journal Club 3

• Link to the Journal Article:
• Link to the Powerpoint presentation for Journal Club 3:
• Link to the Data Set: [Media:VanDeMortel_Raw_Compiled_Data_Arabidopsis.xls|Data Set]]

Ten New Words from the van de Mortel paper

1. Hydroponic- the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hydroponic
2. Hyperaccumulator-A plant is said to be a hyperaccumulator if it can concentrate the pollutants in a minimum percentage which varies according to the pollutant involved.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperaccumulator#Hyperaccumulators_and_biotic_interactions
3. putative genes-a putative gene is a piece of DNA thought to be a gene based on sequence (ex. Open Reading Frame) but either the protein produced or the function of what is thought to be the expressed protein is not known.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_putative_gene
4. ethylene biosynthesis- Protein involved in the synthesis of ethylene (C2H4), an unsaturated hydrocarbon gas mainly produced in plants. It has developmental effects as a hormone, including growth inhibition, regulation of fruit development, leaf abscission and aging.http://www.uniprot.org/keywords/KW-0266
5. lignin biosynthesis-begins in the cytosol with the synthesis of glycosylated monolignols from the amino acid phenylalaninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin#Biosynthesis
6. nonaccumulator-
7. defensin genes-
8. vacuolar transporter-
9. suberin biosynthesis-
10. lignification-

Outline

• Introduction