A listing of updates to the EXPANSIN WEB SITE, organized by
date.
23 Feb 2008
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Added protein sequences and names for
papaya expansins to other_species.htm |
13 Feb 2009
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Updated rice gene tables
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4 Dec 2008
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Added references |
5 September 2008
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Added references (~15)
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19 September 2006
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Updated references (10), gene tables page and protein
structure page. |
22 March 2006
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Fixed broken links in abstracts; updated gene names in some
older pages of the web site; added couple references |
20 Jan 2006
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Updated references and updated evolution section |
19 July 2004
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added two new references (Giordano&Hirsch, Gray-Mitsumune et
al.)
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26 April 2004
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added table for rice sequences
and correspondences between new and old names
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20 April 2004
30 Jan 2004
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Updated Arabidopsis gene list and links
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Added 3 references
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2 Dec 2003
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Updated references and abstracts (many!)
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7 April 2002
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Updated
corrections to Arabidopsis sequences
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Added reference to Li et
al.
Plant expansins are a complex multigene family with an ancient evolutionary
origin
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12 Dec 2001
Added Arabidopsis expansin
sequence list.
11 Dec 2001
Updated listing of
Arabidopsis expansin gene family.
19 Nov 2001
Added reference to
The effect of a microgravity (space)
environment on the expression of expansins from the peg and root tissues of
Cucumis sativus.
15 Nov 2001
Added references to:
21 Sept 2001
Added references to:
24 Aug 2001
Added reference: Rochange
SF, Wenzel CL, McQueen-Mason SJ. (2001) Impaired growth in transgenic plants
over-expressing an expansin isoform. Plant Mol Biol 46(5):581-9
13 August 2001
Added references to
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Wu, Y., Thorne,
E.T., Sharp, R.E. and Cosgrove, D.J. (2001) Modification
of expansin transcript levels in the maize primary root at low water
potentials. Plant Physiology 126: 1471-79 |
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Li,L.C.; Cosgrove,D.J. (2001)
Grass group I pollen allergens (beta-expansins) lack proteinase activity
and do not cause wall loosening via proteolysis. Eur. J. Biochem. 268:
4217-26 |
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Reidy,B.;
McQueen-Mason,S.; Nosberger,J.; Fleming,A. (2001) Differential
expression of a- and b-expansin genes in the elongating leaf of Festuca
pratensis. Plant Mol. Biol. 46: 491-504 |
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Harrison,E.P.;
McQueen-Mason,S.J.; Manning,K. (2001) Expression of six expansin
genes in relation to extension activity in developing strawberry fruit. J.
Exp. Bot. 52: 1437-46 |
Updated gene table to include strawberry expansins from
Harrison et al., rice a- and b-expansins (including unpublsihed data from Yi
Lee and Hans Kende,
Michigan State University), and maize a- and b-expansins.
19 June 2001
Corrected genomic entry for EXPR in Arabidopsis gene table
6 June 2001
Updated Arabidopsis gene table
to include expansin-like genes (EXPL1-3 and EXPR, p12)
added a phylogenetic tree to the Evolution
page
Updated the expansin gene
descriptions
25 May 2001
Updated Arabidopsis gene table for
a-expansins and added entries for b-expansins
Added references to
7 April 2001
Added references to
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Wrobel
RL, Yoder JI (2001) Differential RNA expression of alpha-expansin gene
family members in the parasitic angiosperm Triphysaria versicolor (Scrophulariaceae).
Gene 266:85-93 |
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Ruan
Y, Llewellyn D, Furbank R (2001) The control of single-celled
cotton fiber elongation by developmentally reversible gating of
plasmodesmata and coordinated expression of sucrose and K+
transporters and expansin. Plant Cell 13: 47-60 |
11 March 2001
Added GenBank entries for rice beta-expansins
EXPB3-EXPB14 and maize EXP1-5 and EXPB1-8
Added references to
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Kim
et al. (2000) Alpha-expansins in the
semiaquatic ferns Marsilea quadrifolia and Regnellidium diphyllum:
evolutionary aspects and physiological role in rachis elongation. |
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Laine
et al. (2000) The cellulase encoded by the native
plasmid of Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus plays a role in
virulence and contains an expansin-like domain. |
20 January 2001
Added reference to Zhang
& Hasenstein (2000) Distribution of
expansins in graviresponding maize roots
20 November 2000
Added Genbank
links to AF184233
and AF184232
19 November 2000
Added reference to Chen & Bradford (2000)
Expression of an expansin is associated with endosperm weakening during tomato
seed germination.
13 November 2000
Added reference to Baluska
et al. (2000): Root Hair Formation: F-Actin-Dependent Tip Growth Is
Initiated by Local Assembly of Profilin-Supported F-Actin Meshworks Accumulated
within Expansin-Enriched Bulges.
2 November 2000
Added references to:
28 August 2000
Added Striga expansin GenBank entries to Other_Species
Table
27 August 2000
Added reference to O'Malley
RC, Lynn DG (2000)
Expansin message regulation in parasitic angiosperms: Marking time in
development. Plant Cell 12: 1455-1466
11 August 2000
Added reference to
Rose et al. Plant Physiology and to Caderas
et al. Plant Physiology
Added Le-EXP11 to
gene tables
8 August 2000
Added reference to
Cho & Cosgrove PNAS 97:
9783-9788
19 June 2000
Added references to
Im et al. Plant Physiology 123: 463
1 June 2000
Added pdf files for Hutchison et al. Plant
Physiol. 120: 827-831
and Whitney
et al. Plant
J. 22:327-334
31 May 2000
Added pdf file for Vriezen
et al. 2000.
Added reference to Whitney
SEC, Gidley MJ and McQueen-Mason SJ. (2000) Probing expansin action
using cellulose/hemicellulose composites. Plant
J. 22:327-334
16 May 2000
New hot-linked graphic on Home page; restructured &
revised the web site generally.
Added new sections: Protocols; Evolution (pending); Cell Wall
site (pending)
New citation Vriezen WH, De
Graaf B, Mariani C, and Vosenek LACJ. Submergence induces expansin
gene expression in flooding tolerant Rumex palustris and not in flooding
intolerant R. acetosa. Planta 210:956-963,
2000.
New pfd file for McQueen-Mason et al. 1992 Plant Cell
Added web counter
19 April 2000
added reference & pdf files to Cosgrove
2000 Pl Physiol Biochem 38: 109-124
14 April 2000
added entries into the table for rice
alpha-expansins
added pdf file links to Cosgrove 1989;
Shcherban et al. 1995
21 February 2000
added citations to the reference and abstract
pages:
21 January 2000
Noted the update for FaEXP1 sequence in
Genbank
12 January 2000
Reserved names FaEXP3-FaEXP7 (strawberry) for
Liz Harrison;
Noted near identity of GenBank entries for
strawberry FaEXP1 and FaEXP2. This turned out to be due to a mix up in EXP1 and
should be corrected by ~22 January 2000
Added new expansin sequences for Rumex
species and for tomato
10 January 2000
Added new expansin sequences to the gene table, for
strawberry, Marsilea (a fern) and Regnellidium (a fern)
Added the following citations to the reference list:
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Bogoslavsky L, Neumann PM.
(1998) Rapid regulation by acid pH of cell wall adjustment and leaf growth
in maize plants responding to reversal of water stress. Plant Physiol.
118 (2):701-709 |
| Brummell DA, Harpster MH, Civello PM,
Palys JM, Bennett AB, and Dunsmuir P. (1999) Modification of
expansin protein abundance in tomato fruit alters softening and cell wall
polymer metabolism during ripening. Plant Cell 11 (11):2203-2216 |
| Civello PM, Powell ALT, Sabehat A, and
Bennett AB. (1999) An expansin gene expressed in ripening
strawberry fruit. Plant Physiol. 121 (4):1273-1279 |
| Cho HT, Kende H (1998) Tissue
localization of expansins in deepwater rice. Plant Journal. 15:
805-812 |
14 Sept 1999
Added the tomato Le-EXP10 gene to the Lycopericum listings and
updated the GB Accession # for Le-EXP8
Added the following citations:
| Fenwick KM; Apperley DC; Cosgrove DJ;
Jarvis MC (1999) Polymer mobility in cell walls of cucumber
hypocotyls. Phytochemistry 51: 17-22 |
| Grobe K; Becker WM;. Petersen A.
(1999) Grass group I allergens (b-expansins)
are novel, papain-related proteinases. Eur.J.Biochem. 263:33-40 |
19 August 1999
Added the WHAT'S NEW page
Added the following citations and abstracts:
| Ceccardi, TL; Barthe, GA; Derrick, KS
(1998) A novel protein associated with citrus blight has sequence
similarities to expansin Plant
Mol. Biol. 38: 775-783 |
| Cosgrove DJ (1999) Expansins and
other agents that enhance cell wall extensibility. Ann.
Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 50: 391-417 |
| Downes, BP; Crowell, DN (1998)
Cytokinin regulates the expression of a soybean beta-expansin gene by a
post-transcriptional mechanism Plant
Mol. Biol., 37: 437-444 |
| Fleming, AJ; Caderas, D; Wehrli, E, et
al. (1999) Analysis of expansin-induced morphogenesis on the
apical meristem of tomato. PLANTA
208: 166-174 |
| Hutchison, KW; Singer, PB; McInnis, S, Expansins are conserved in conifers
and expressed in hypocotyls in response to exogenous auxin. Plant
Physiol. 120: 827-831 |
| McQueen-Mason, SJ; Rochange, F
(1999) Expansins in plant growth and development: an update on an
emerging topic. Plant
Biology 1:19-25 |
| Pena, MJ; Zarra, I; Revilla, G
(1999) Autolysis promotes the extension capacity of Zea mays
coleoptile cell watts in response to acid pH solutions. Plant
Cell Physiol. 40: 565-570 |
| Shieh,
MW; Cosgrove, DJ (1998)
Expansins. J. Plant Res., 111:149-157 |
Added the following expansin sequence entries from Genbank:
| Lycopersicum Exp2 gene AJ239068 |
| Lycopersicum Exp9 cDNA AJ243340 |
| Rumex palustra Exp1-5 partial cds |
| Pinus taeda expansin cDNA, full cds AF085330 |
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