Plant  Cell  Biotechnology  Laboratory

ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier  -  Portugal

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Publications

[2018]

Araújo S.S., Gomes C., Paiva J.A.P., Balestrazzi A., Macovei A. (2018) MicroRNAs emerging roles in abiotic stresses and metabolic processes. In: Ramakrishna A., Gill S.S., eds. Metabolic Adaptations in Plants during Abiotic Stress. Taylor & Francis, CRC Press (ISBN 978-1-138-05638-1).

Costa S.M., Martins D., Agacka-Moldoch M., Czubacka A., Araújo S.S. (2018) Strategies to alleviate salinity stress in plants. In: Kumar V., Hossain M.A., Wani S.H., Suprassana P., Tran L.S.P., eds. Novel Perspectives for Salinity Responses and Tolerance in Plants. Volume 1 - Targeting sensory, ion-transport and signaling mechanisms. Springer. (Accepted)

Parreira J.R., Araújo S.S. (2018) Studying the animal transcriptome: state of the art and challenges in the context of animal and veterinary sciences. In: Almeida A.M., Eckersall D., Miller I., eds. Proteomics in Domestic Animals: from Farm to Systems Biology (in press). Springer.   [Book information]

[2017]

Donà M., Sabatini M.E., Biggiogera M., Confalonieri M., Minio A., Delledone M., Giraffa G., Carbonera D., Araújo S., Balestrazzi A. (2017) MtTdp1α-depleted Medicago truncatula plants show reduced cuticle permeability and altered expression of defense genes. Biologia Plantarum 61: 192-196.   [Abstract and full text links]

Macovei A., Pagano A., Leonetti P., Carbonera S., Balestrazzi A., Araújo S.S. (2017) Systems biology and genome-wide approaches to unveil the molecular players involved in the pre-germinative metabolism: Implications on seed technology traits. Plant Cell Reports 36: 669-688.   [Abstract and full text links]

Martins D., Macovei A., Leonetti P., Balestrazzi A., Araújo S. (2017) The influence of phosphate deficiency on legume symbiotic N2 fixation. In: Sulieman S., Tran L.S., eds. Legume Nitrogen Fixation in Soils with Low Phosphorus Availability. pp. 41-75. Springer, Cham.   [Abstract and full text links]

Pagano A., Araújo S.S., Macovei A., Leonetti P., Balestrazzi A. (2017) The seed repair response during germination: disclosing correlations between DNA repair, antioxidant response, and chromatin remodeling in Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1972.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Sabatini M.E., Pagano A., Araújo S., Balestrazzi A., Macovei A. (2017) The tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1b (Tdp1b) gene discloses an early response to abiotic stresses. Genes 8:305.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Santos C., Duarte S., Tedesco S., Fevereiro P., Costa R.L. (2017) Expression profiling of Castanea genes during resistant and susceptible interactions with the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi reveal possible mechanisms of immunity. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:515.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Zani D., Dondi D., Araújo S., Mondoni A., Balestrazzi A. (2017) Impact of γ-rays on seed germination/short-term storage in four native alpine species: correlation with free radical and antioxidant profiles. Radiation Physics and Chemistry 131: 86-94.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2016]

Araújo S.S., Balestrazzi A., eds. (2016) New Challenges in Seed Biology: Basic and Translational Research Driving Seed Technology. InTech, Rijeka.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Araújo S.S., Balestrazzi A., Faè M., Morano M., Carbonera D., Macovei A. (2016) MtTdp2α-overexpression boosts the growth phase of Medicago truncatula cell suspension and increases the expression of key genes involved in the antioxidant response and genome stability. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 127: 675–680.   [Abstract and full text links]

Araújo S.S., Paparella S., Dondi D., Bentivoglio A., Carbonera D., Balestrazzi A. (2016) Physical methods for seed invigoration: advantages and challenges in seed technology. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:646.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Costa O.C., Oliveira D.L., Silva A.R., Barradas A., Crespo J.P., Duque A.S., Fevereiro P. (2016) Reducing etiolation-like effect and flowering in an in vitro micropropagated Trifolium resupinatum elite genotype.  Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 125: 177-181.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cugno G., Parreira J.R., Ferlizza E., Hernández-Castellano L.E., Carneiro M., Renaut J., Castro N., Arguello A., Capote J., Campos A.M., Almeida A.M. (2016) The goat (Capra hircus) mammary gland mitochondrial proteome: a study on the effect of weight loss using Blue-Native PAGE and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. PLoS ONE 11(3):e0151599.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Cunha J., Ibáñez J., Teixeira-Santos M., Brazão J., Fevereiro P., Martínez-Zapater J.M., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2016) Characterisation of the Portuguese grapevine germplasm with 48 single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 22: 504–516.   [Abstract and full text links]

Duque A.S., López-Gómez M., Kráčmarová J., Gomes C.N., Araújo S.S., Lluch C., Fevereiro P. (2016) Genetic engineering of polyamine metabolism changes Medicago truncatula responses to water deficit. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 127: 681–690.   [Abstract and full text links]

Ferreira A.M., Marques A.T., Fontanesi L., Thulin C.G., Sales-Baptista E., Araújo S.S., Almeida A.M. (2016) Identification of a bitter-taste receptor gene repertoire in different lagomorphs species. Fontiers in Genetics 7:55.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Kazana V., Tsourgiannis L., Iakovoglou V., Stamatiou C., Alexandrov A., Araújo S., Bogdan S., Bozic G., Brus R., Bossinger G., Boutsimea A., Celepirovic N., Cvrcková H., Fladung M., Ivankovic M., Kazaklis A., Koutsona P., Luthar Z., Máchová P., Malá J., Mara K., Mataruga M., Moravcikova J., Paffetti D., Paiva J.A.P., Raptis D., Sanchez C., Sharry S., Salaj T., Šijacic-Nikolic M., Tel-Zur N., Tsvetkov I., Vettori C., Vidal N. (2016) Public knowledge and perceptions of safety issues towards the use of genetically modified forest trees: A cross-country pilot survey. In: Vettori C., Gallardo F., Häggman H., Kazana V., Migliacci F., Pilate G., Fladung M., eds. Biosafety of Forest Transgenic Trees. Springer.   [Abstract and full text links]

Mata A.T., Jorge T.F., Ferreira J., Bronze M.R., Branco D., Fevereiro P., Araújo S., António C. (2016) Analysis of low abundant trehalose-6-phosphate and related metabolites in Medicago truncatula by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography–triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A 1477: 30-38.   [Abstract and full text links]

Parreira J.R., Bouraada J., Fitzpatrick M.A., Silvestre S., Bernardes da Silva A.B., Marques da Silva J., Almeida A.M., Fevereiro P., Altelaar A.F.M., Araújo S.S. (2016) Differential proteomics reveals the hallmarks of seed development in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Journal of Proteomics 143: 188-198.   [Abstract and full text links]

Parreira J.R., Branco D., Almeida A.M., Czubacka A., Agacka-Moldoch M., Paiva J.A.P., Tavares-Cadete F., Araújo S.S. (2016) Systems biology approaches to improve drought stress in plants: state of the art and future challenges. In: Hossain M.A., Wani S.H., Bhattachajee S., Burritt D., Tran L.S.P., eds. Drought stress tolerance in plants. Volume 2 - Molecular and Genetic Perspectives. pp. 433-471. Springer, Cham.   [Abstract and full text links]

Ricroch A., Harwood W., Svobodová Z., Sági L., Hundleby P., Badea E.M., Rosca I., Cruz G., Fevereiro M.P.S., Marfà Riera V., Jansson S., Morandini P., Bojinov B., Cetiner S., Custers R., Schrader U., Jacobsen H.J., Martin-Laffon J., Boisron A., Kuntz M. (2016) Challenges facing European agriculture and possible biotechnological solutions. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 36: 875–883.   [Abstract and full text links]

Santos C., Machado H., Serrazina S., Gomes F., Gomes-Laranjo J., Correia I., Zhebentyayeva T., Duarte S., Bragança H., Fevereiro P., Nelson C.D., Costa R. (2016) Comprehension of resistance to diseases in chestnut. Revista de Ciencias Agrarias 39: 189-193.   [Full text links - Open Access]

Vaz Patto M.C., Araújo S.S. (2016) Positioning Portugal into the context of world production and research in grain legumes. Revista de Ciências Agrárias 39: 471-489.   [Abstract and full text links]

Wang X.-H., Zhang C., Fevereiro P., Zhang C. (2016) Screening and characterization of Auricularia delicata strain for mushroom production under tropical temperature conditions to make use of rubberwood sawdust. Research Journal of Biotechnology 11: 26-37.   [Full text links - Open Access]

[2015]

Alcântara A., Morgado R.S., Silvestre S., Marques da Silva J., Bernardes da Silva A., Fevereiro P., Araújo S.S. (2015) A method to identify early-stage transgenic Medicago truncatula with improved physiological response to water deficit. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 122: 605-616.   [Abstract and full text links]

Alifragkis A., Cunha J., Pereira J., Fevereiro P., Eiras Dias J.E. (2015) Identity, synonymies and homonynies of minor grapevine cultivars maintained in the portuguese ampelographic collection. Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola 30: 43-52.   [Full text - Open Access]

Almeida N.F., Krezdorn N., Rotter B., Winter P., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Lathyrus sativus transcriptome resistance response to Ascochyta lathyri investigated by deepSuperSAGE analysis. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 6:178.   [Full text - Open Access]

Araújo S.S., Beebe S., Crespi M., Delbreil B., González E.M., Gruber V., Lejeune-Henaut I., Link W., Monteros M.J., Prats E., Rao I., Vadez V., Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Abiotic stress responses in legumes: strategies used to cope with environmental challenges. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 34: 237-280.   [Abstract and full text links]

Carocha V., Soler M., Hefer C., Cassan-Wang H., Fevereiro P., Myburg A.A., Paiva J.A.P., Grima-Pettenati J. (2015) Genome-wide analysis of the lignin toolbox of Eucalyptus grandis. New Phytologist 206: 1297-1313.   [Abstract and full text links]

Carvalho A., Graça C., Carocha V., Pêra S., Lousada J.L., Lima-Brito J., Paiva J.A.P. (2015) An improved total RNA isolation from secondary tissues of woody species for coding and non-coding gene expression analyses. Wood Science and Technology 49: 647-658.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cunha J., Zinelabidine L.H., Teixeira-Santos M., Brazão J., Fevereiro P., Martínez-Zapater J.M., Ibáñez J., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2015) Grapevine cultivar 'Alfrocheiro' or 'Bruñal' plays a primary role in the relationship among Iberian grapevines. Vitis 54: 59-65.   [Abstract and full text links]

da Silva S.M., Amaral C., Neves S.S., Santos C., Pimentel C., Rodrigues-Pousada C. (2015) An HcpR paralog of Desulfovibrio gigas provides protection against nitrosative stress. FEBS Open Bio 5: 594-604.   [Full text - Open Access]

Duc G., Agrama H., Bao S., Berger J., Bourion V., De Ron A.M., Gowda C.L.L., Mikic A., Millot D., Singh K., Tullu A., Vandenberg A., Vaz Patto M.C., Warkentin T., Zong, X. (2015) Breeding annual grain legumes for sustainable agriculture: new methods to approach more complex traits and target new cultivar ideotypes. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 34: 381-411.   [Abstract and full text links]

Duque A.S., Araújo S.S., Fevereiro P., Barradas A., Godinho B., Silva A.R., Crespo J.P. (2015) Development of protocols for micropropagation of elite genotype forage allogamous legume species. Acta Horticulturae 1083: 409-413.   [Abstract and full text links]

Ferreira A.M., Marques A.T., Bhide M., Cubric-Curik V., Hollung K., Knight C.H., Raundrup K., Lippolis J., Palmer M., Sales-Baptista E., Araújo S.S., Almeida A.M. (2015) Sequence analysis of a bitter taste receptor (T2R) genes repertoire in different ruminant species. PLoS ONE 10(6):e0124933.   [Full text - Open Access]

Kazana V., Tsourgiannis L., Iakovoglou V., Stamatiou C., Alexandrov A., Araújo S., Bogdan S., Bozic G., Brus R., Bossinger G., Boutsimea A., Celepirovic N., Cvrcková H., Fladung M., Ivankovic M., Kazaklis A., Koutsona P., Luthar Z., Máchová P., Malá J., Mara K., Mataruga M., Moravcikova J., Paffetti D., Paiva J.A.P., Raptis D., Sanchez C., Sharry S., Salaj T., Šijacic-Nikolic M., Tel-Zur N., Tsvetkov I., Vettori C., Vidal N. (2015) Public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees: a cross-country pilot survey. iForest 344-353.   [Full text - Open Access]

Lérias J.R., Peña R., Hernández-Castellano L.E., Capote J., Castro N., Argüello A., Araújo S.S., Saco Y., Bassols A., Almeida A.A. (2015) Establishment of the biochemical and endocrine blood profiles in the Majorera and Palmera dairy goat breeds: the effect of feed restriction. Journal of Dairy Research 82: 416-425.   [Abstract and full text links]

Mendes-Moreira P., Alves M.L., Satovic Z., Santos J.P., Santos J.N., Souza J.C., Pêgo S.E., Hallauer A.R., Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Genetic architecture of ear fasciation in maize (Zea mays) under QTL scrutiny. PLoS ONE 10(4):e0124543.   [Full text - Open Access]

Paparella S., Araújo S.S., Rossi G., Wijayasinghe M., Carbonera D., Balestrazzi A. (2015) Seed priming: state of the art and new perspectives. Plant Cell Reports 34: 1281-1293.   [Abstract and full text links]

Soler M., Camargo E.L.O., Carocha V., Cassan-Wang H., San Clemente H., Savelli B., Hefer C.A., Paiva J.A.P., Myburg A.A., Grima-Pettenati J. (2015) The Eucalyptus grandis R2R3-MYB transcription factor family: evidence for woody growth-related evolution and function. New Phytologist 206: 1364-1377.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Amarowicz R., Aryee A.N.A., Boye J.I., Chung H.J., Martín-Cabrejas M.A., Domoney C. (2015) Achievements and challenges in improving the nutritional quality of food legumes. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 34: 105-143.   [Abstract and full text links]

Zinelabidine L.H., Cunha J., Eiras-Dias J.E., Cabello F., Martínez-Zapater J.M., Ibáñez J. (2015) Pedigree analysis of the Spanish grapevine cultivar 'Hebén'. Vitis 54: 81-86.   [Abstract and full text links]

Yu H., Soler M., San Clemente H., Mila I., Paiva J.A.P., Myburg A.A., Bouzayen M., Grima-Pettenati J., Cassan-Wang H. (2015) Comprehensive genome-wide analysis of the Aux/IAA gene family in Eucalyptus: evidence for the role of EgrIAA4 in wood formation. Plant & Cell Physiology 56: 700-714.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2014]

Almeida N.F., Leitão S.T., Krezdorn N., Rotter B., Winter P., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2014) Allelic diversity in the transcriptomes of contrasting rust-infected genotypes of Lathyrus sativus, a lasting resource for smart breeding. BMC Plant Biology 14:376.   [Full text - Open Access]

Almeida A.M., Plowman J.E., Harland D.P., Thomas A., Kilminster T., Scanlon T., Milton J., Greeff J., Oldham C., Clerens S. (2014) Influence of feed restriction on the wool proteome: a combined iTRAQ and fibre structural study. Journal of Proteomics 103: 170-177.   [Abstract and full text links]

Almeida N.F., Leitão S.T., Caminero C., Torres A.M., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2014) Transferability of molecular markers from major legumes to Lathyrus spp. for their application in mapping and diversity studies. Molecular Biology Reports 41: 269-283.   [Abstract and full text links]

Canas S., Assunção M., Brazão J., Zanol G., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2014) Phenolic compounds involved in grafting incompatibility of Vitis spp: development and validation of an analytical method for their quantification. Phytochemical Analysis 26: 1-7.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cordeiro M.A., Moriuchi K.S., Fotinos T.D., Miller K.E., Nuzhdin S.V., von Wettberg E.J., Cook D.R. (2014) Population differentiation for germination and early seedling root growth traits under saline conditions in the annual legume Medicago truncatula (Fabaceae). American Journal of Botany 101: 488-498.   [Abstract and full text links]

Costa-Nunes J.A., Capitão C., Kozak J., Costa-Nunes P., Ducasa G.M., Pontes O., Angelis K.J. (2014) The AtRAD21.1 and AtRAD21.3 Arabidopsis cohesins play a synergistic role in somatic DNA double strand break damage repair. BMC Plant Biology 14:353.   [Full text - Open Access]

Cruz de Carvalho R., Silva A.B., Soares R., Almeida A.M., Coelho A.V., Silva J.M., Branquinho C. (2014) Differential proteomics of dehydration and rehydration in bryophytes: evidence towards a common desiccation tolerance mechanism. Plant, Cell and Environment 37: 1499-1515.   [Abstract and full text links]

Hernández-Castellano L.E., Almeida A.M., Ventosa M., Coelho A.V., Castro N., Argüello A. (2014) The effect of colostrum intake on blood plasma proteome profile in newborn lambs: low abundance proteins. BMC Veterinary Research 10:85.   [Full text - Open Access]

Hernández-Castellano L.E., Almeida A.M., Castro N., Argüello A. (2014) The colostrum proteome, ruminant nutrition and immunity: a review. Current Protein and Peptide Science 15: 64-74.   [Abstract and full text links]

Martins L.L., Mourato M.P., Baptista S., Reis R., Carvalheiro F., Almeida A.M., Fevereiro P., Cuypers A. (2014) Response to oxidative stress induced by cadmium and copper in tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum) engineered with the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene (AtTPS1). Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 36: 755-765.   [Abstract and full text links]

Myburg A.A., Grattapaglia D., Tuskan G.A., Hellsten U., Hayes R.D., Grimwood J., Jenkins J., Lindquist E., Tice H., Bauer D., Goodstein D.M., Dubchak I., Poliakov A., Mizrachi E., Kullan A.R., Hussey S.G., Pinard D., van der Merwe K., Singh P., van Jaarsveld I., Silva-Junior O.B., Togawa R.C., Pappas M.R., Faria D.A., Sansaloni C.P., Petroli C.D., Yang X., Ranjan P., Tschaplinski T.J., Ye C.Y., Li T., Sterck L., Vanneste K., Murat F., Soler M., Clemente H.S., Saidi N., Cassan-Wang H., Dunand C., Hefer C.A., Bornberg-Bauer E., Kersting A.R., Vining K., Amarasinghe V., Ranik M., Naithani S., Elser J., Boyd A.E., Liston A., Spatafora J.W., Dharmwardhana P., Raja R., Sullivan C., Romanel E., Alves-Ferreira M., Külheim C., Foley W., Carocha V., Paiva J., Kudrna D., Brommonschenkel S.H., Pasquali G., Byrne M., Rigault P., Tibbits J., Spokevicius A., Jones R.C., Steane D.A., Vaillancourt R.E., Potts B.M., Joubert F., Barry K., Pappas G.J., Strauss S.H., Jaiswal P., Grima-Pettenati J., Salse J., Van de Peer Y., Rokhsar D.S., Schmutz J. (2014) The genome of Eucalyptus grandis. Nature 510: 356-362.   [Abstract and full text links]

Mendes-Moreira P., Mendes-Moreira J., Fernandes A., Andrade E., Hallauer A.R., Pego S.E., Vaz Patto, M.C. (2014) Is ear value an effective indicator for maize yield evaluation? Field Crops Research 161: 75-86.   [Abstract and full text links]

Miller I., Rogel-Gaillard C., Spina D., Fontanesi L., Almeida A.M. (2014) The rabbit as an experimental and production animal: from Genomics to Proteomics. Current Protein and Peptide Science 15: 134-145.   [Abstract and full text links]

Pereira-Leal J.B., Abreu I.A., Alabaça C.S., Almeida M.H., Almeida P., Almeida T., Amorim M.I., Araújo S., Azevedo H., Badia A., Batista D., Bohn A., Capote T., Carrasquinho I., Chaves I., Coelho A.C., Costa M.M.R., Costa R., Cravador A., Egas C., Faro C., Fortes A.M., Fortunato A.S., Gaspar M.J., Gonçalves S., Graça J., Horta M., Inácio V., Leitão J.M., Lino-Neto T., Marum L., Matos J., Mendonça D., Miguel A., Miguel C.M., Morais-Cecílio L., Neves I., Nóbrega F., Oliveira M.M., Oliveira R., Pais M.S., Paiva J.A., Paulo O.S., Pinheiro M., Raimundo J.A.P., Ramalho J.C., Ribeiro A.I., Ribeiro T., Rocheta M., Rodrigues A.I., Rodrigues J.C., Saibo N.J.M., Santo T.E., Santos A.M., Sá-Pereira P., Sebastiana M., Simões F., Sobral R.S., Tavares R., Teixeira R., Varela C., Veloso M.M., Ricardo C.P. (2014) A comprehensive assessment of the transcriptome of cork oak (Quercus suber) through EST sequencing. BMC Genomics 15:371.   [Full text - Open Access]

Rispail N., De Matteis L., Santos R., Miguel A.S., Custardoy L., Testillano P.S., Risueño M.C., Pérez-de-Luque A., Maycock C., Fevereiro P., Oliva A., Fernández-Pacheco R., Ibarra M.R., de la Fuente J.M., Marquina C., Rubiales D., Prats E. (2014) Quantum dot and superparamagnetic nanoparticle interaction with pathogenic fungi: internalization and toxicity profile. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6: 9100-9110.   [Abstract and full text links]

Silvestre S., Araújo S.S., Vaz Patto M.C., Marques da Silva J. (2014) Performance index: an expeditious tool to screen for improved drought resistance in the Lathyrus genus. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 56: 610-621.   [Abstract and full text links]

Valiollahi E., Farsi M., Fevereiro P., Kakhki A.M. (2014) Bioinformatic characterization and expression analysis of miRNAs in Solanum lycopersicum. Plant Omics Journal 7: 108-116.   [Full text - Open Access]

Vaz Patto M.C., Rubiales D. (2014) Lathyrus diversity: Available resources with relevance to crop improvement - L. sativus and L. cicera as case studies. Annals of Botany 113: 895-908.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto, M.C. and Rubiales, D. (2014) Resistance to rust and powdery mildew in Lathyrus crops. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 50: 116-122.   [Full text - Open Access]

Vaz Patto M.C., Rubiales D. (2014) Unveiling common responses of Medicago truncatula to appropriate and inappropriate rust species. Frontiers in Plant Science 5:618.   [Abstract and full text links].

Yu H., Soler M., Mila I., San Clemente H., Savelli B., Dunand C., Paiva J.A.P., Myburg A.A., Bouzayen M., Grima-Pettenati J., Cassan-Wang H. (2014) Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of the Auxin Response Factor (ARF) gene family in Eucalyptus grandis. PLoS ONE 9(9):e108906.   [Full text - Open Access]

[2013]

Almeida A.M. (2013) Rabbit muscle proteomics: a great leap forward (commentary). Proteomics 13: 2225-2226.   [Abstract and full text links]

Almeida A.M., Kilminster T., Scanlon T., Araújo S.S., Milton J., C. Oldham C., Greeff J.C. (2013) Assessing carcass and meat characteristics of Damara, Dorper and Australian Merino lambs under restricted feeding. Tropical Animal Heath and Production 45: 1305-1311.   [Abstract and full text links]

Alves S.P., Bessa R.J.B., Quaresma M.A.G., Kilminster T., Scanlon S., Oldham C., Milton J., Greeff J., Almeida A.M. (2013) Does the fat tailed Damara ovine breed have a distinct lipid metabolism leading to a high concentration of branched chain fatty acids in tissues? PLoS ONE 8(10): e77313.   [Full text - Open Access]

Araújo S.S., Duque A.S., Silva J.M., Santos D., Silva A.B., Fevereiro P. (2013) Water deficit and recovery response of Medicago truncatula plants expressing the ELIP-like DSP22. Biologia Plantarum 57: 159-163.   [Abstract and full text links]

Duque A.S., Almeida A.M., Silva A.B., Silva J.M., Farinha A.P., Santos D., Fevereiro P., Araújo S.S. (2013) Abiotic stress responses in plants: unraveling the complexity of genes and networks to survive. In: K. Vahdati, C. Leslie, eds. Abiotic Stress - Plant Responses and Applications in Agriculture. pp. 49-101. InTech.   [Full text - Open Access]

Ferreira A.M., Araújo S.S., Sales-Baptista E., Almeida A.M. (2013) Identification of novel genes for bitter taste receptors in sheep (Ovis aries). Animal 7: 547-554.   [Abstract and full text links]

Ferreira A.M., Bislev S.L., Bendixen E., Almeida A.M. (2013) The mammary gland in domestic ruminants: A systems biology perspective. Journal of Proteomics 94: 110-123.   [Abstract and full text links]

Leitão S.T., Almeida N.F., Moral A., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2013) Identification of resistance to rust (Uromyces appendiculatus) and powdery mildew (Erysiphe diffusa) in Portuguese common bean germplasm. Plant Breeding 132: 654-657.   [Abstract and full text links]

Lérias J.R., Hernández-Castellano L.E., Morales-Delanuez A., Araújo S.S., Castro N., Argüello A., Capote J., Almeida A.M. (2013) Body live weight and milk production parameters in the Majorera and Palmera goat breeds from the Canary Islands: influence of weight loss. Tropical Animal Health and Production 45: 1731-1736.   [Abstract and full text links]

Oliveira J.S., Mendes N.D., Carocha V., Graça C., Paiva J.A., Freitas A.T. (2013) A computational approach for microRNA identification in plants: combining genome-based predictions with RNA-Seq data. Journal of Data Mining Genomics Proteomics 4:130.   [Full text - Open Access]

Nunes C., O'Hara L., Primavesi L.F., Delatte T.L., Schluepmann H., Somsen G.W., Silva A.B., Fevereiro P.S., Wingler A., Paul M.J. (2013) The trehalose 6-phosphate/ SnRK1 signalling pathway primes growth recovery following relief of sink limitation. Plant Physiology 162: 1720-1732.   [Full text - Open Access]

Nunes C., Primavesi L.F., Patel M.K., Martinez-Barajas E., Powers S.J., Sagar R., Fevereiro P.S., Davis B.G., Paul M.J. (2013) Inhibition of SnRK1 by metabolites: tissue-dependent effects and cooperative inhibition by glucose 1-phosphate in combination with trehalose 6-phosphate. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 63: 89-98.   [Abstract and full text links]

Nunes C., Schluepmann H., Delatte T.L., Wingler A., Silva A.B., Fevereiro P.S., Jansen M., Fiorani F., Wiese-Klinkenberg A., Paul M. (2013) Regulation of growth by the trehalose pathway: relationship to temperature and sucrose. Plant Signaling & Behavior 8: e26626.   [Abstract and full text links]

Santos A.R., Miguel A.S., Macovei A., Maycock C., Balestrazzi A., Oliva A., Fevereiro P.S. (2013) CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots trigger DNA repair and antioxidant enzyme systems in Medicago sativa cells in suspension culture. BMC Biotechnology 13:111.   [Full text - Open Access]

Vaz Patto M.C., Mendes-Moreira P.M., Alves M.L., Mecha E., Brites C., Bronze R., Pego S. (2013) Participatory plant quality breeding: an ancient art revisited by knowledge sharing. The Portuguese experience. In: S.B. Andersen, ed. Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields. pp. 255-288. InTech.   [Full text - Open Access]

Wefferling K.M., Hoot S.B., Neves S.S. (2013) Phylogeny and fruit evolution in Menispermaceae. American Journal of Botany 100: 883-905.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2012]

Almeida A.M., Parreira J.R., Santos R., Duque A.S., Francisco R., Tomé D.F.A., Ricardo C.P., Coelho A.V., Fevereiro P. (2012) A proteomics study of the induction of somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula using 2DE and MALDI-TOF/TOF. Physiologia Plantarum 146: 236–249.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cardoso S., Lau W., Eiras Dias J., Fevereiro P., Maniatis N. (2012) A candidate-gene association study for berry colour and anthocyanin content in Vitis vinifera L. PLoS ONE 7(9): e46021.   [Full text - Open Access]

Cassan-Wang H., Soler M., Yu H., Camargo E.L.O., Carocha V., Ladouce N., Savelli B., Paiva J.A.P., Leplé J.C., Grima-Pettenati J. (2012) Reference genes for high-throughput quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis of gene expression in organs and tissues of Eucalyptus grown in various environmental conditions. Plant & Cell Physiology 53: 2101-2116.   [Abstract and full text links]

Pires A.S., Rosa S., Castanheira S., Fevereiro P., Abranches R. (2012) Expression of a recombinant human erythropoietin in suspension cell cultures of Arabidopsis, tobacco and Medicago. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 110: 171-181.   [Abstract and full text links]

Santos A.R., Miguel A.S., Fevereiro P., Oliva A. (2012) Evaluation of cytotoxicity of 3-mercaptopropionic acid-modified quantum dots on Medicago sativa cells and tissues. In: Soloviev M. ed. Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine. Methods in Molecular Biology 906: 435-449. Humana Press - Springer, New York.   [Abstract and full text links]   [Springer protocol]

[2011]

Capitão C., Paiva J.A.P., Santos D.M., Fevereiro P. (2011) Medicago truncatula, water deficit modulates the transcript accumulation of components of small RNA pathways. BMC Plant Biology 11:79.   [Full text - Open Access]

Chaves I., Passarinho J.A.P., Capitão C., Chaves M.M., Fevereiro P., Ricardo C.P.P. (2011) Temperature stress effects in Quercus suber leaf metabolism. Journal of Plant Physiology 168: 1729-1734.   [Abstract and full text links]

Esquível M.G., Amaro H.M., Pinto T.S., Fevereiro P.S., Malcata F.X. (2011) Efficient H2 production via Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Trends in Biotechnology 29: 595-600.   [Abstract and full text links]

Fondevilla S., Almeida N.F., Satovic Z, Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C., Cubero J.I., Torres A.M. (2011) Identification of common genomic regions controlling resistance to Mycosphaerella pinodes, earliness and architectural traits in different pea genetic backgrounds. Euphytica 182: 43-52.   [Abstract and full text links]

Martínez-Barajas E., Delatte T., Schluepmann H., de Jong G.J., Somsen G.W., Nunes C., Primavesi L.F., Coello P., Mitchell R.A.C., Paul M.J. (2011) Wheat grain development is characterized by remarkable trehalose 6-phosphate accumulation pre-grain filling: tissue distribution and relationship to SNF1-related protein kinase1 activity. Plant Physiology 156: 373-381.   [Full text - Open Access]

Neves S.S. (2011) Eleusine. In: C. Kole, ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. pp. 113-133. Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves S.S., Forrest L.L. (2011) Plant DNA sequencing for phylogenetic analyses: from plants to sequences. In: G. Cagney, A. Emili, eds. Network Biology: Methods and Applications. Methods in Molecular Biology 781: 183-235. Humana Press - Springer, New York.   [Abstract and full text links]   [Springer protocol]

Paiva J.A.P., Prat E., Vautrin S., Santos M.D., San-Clemente H., Brommonschenkel S., Fonseca P.G.S., Grattapaglia D., Song X., Ammiraju J.S.S., Kudrna D., Wing R.A., Freitas A.T., Bergès H., Grima-Pettenati J. (2011) Advancing Eucalyptus genomics: identification and sequencing of lignin biosynthesis genes from deep-coverage BAC libraries. BMC Genomics 12:137.   [Full text - Open Access]

Ricardo C.P.P., Martins I., Francisco R., Sergeant K., Pinheiro C., Campos A., Renaut J., Fevereiro P. (2011) Proteins associated with cork formation in Quercus suber L. stem tissues. Journal of Proteomics 74: 1266-1278.   [Abstract and full text links]

Trindade I., Santos D., Dalmay T., Fevereiro P. (2011) Facing the environment: small RNAs and the regulation of gene expression under abiotic stress in plants. In: Shanker A., Venkateswarlu B., eds. Abiotic Stress Response in Plants - Physiological, Biochemical and Genetic Perspectives. pp. 113-136. InTech.   [Full text - Open Access]

Vaz Patto M.C., Hanbury C.D., Van Moorhem M., Lambein F., Ochatt S., Rubiales D. (2011) Grass pea. In: M. Perez de la Vega, A.M. Torres, J.I. Cubero, C. Kole, eds. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Cool Season Grain Legumes. pp. 151-204. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, USA.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2010]

Confalonieri M., Borghetti R., Macovei A., Testoni C., Carbonera D., Fevereiro M.P.S., Rommens C., Swords K., Piano E., Balestrazzi A. (2010) Backbone-free transformation of barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) with a Medicago-derived transfer DNA. Plant Cell Reports 29: 1013-1021.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cunha J., Teixeira-Santos M., Veloso M., Carneiro L., Eiras-Dias J., Fevereiro M.P. (2010) The Portuguese Vitis vinifera L. germplasm: genetic relations between wild and cultivated vines. Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola / Journal of Viticulture and Enology 25: 25-37.   [Full text - Open Access]

Cunha J., Teixeira-Santos M., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E.J. (2010) Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris (Gmeli) Hegi populations in Southern Portugal: Assessing the genetic diversity for its future management and conservation. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 46 (Special Issue): S87-S89.   [Full text - Open Access]

Cunha J., Teixeira-Santos M., Brazão J., Carneiro L.C., Veloso M., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E.J. (2010) Genetic diversity in Portuguese native Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera and ssp. sylvestris. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 46 (Special Issue): S54-S56.   [Full text - Open Access]

Friesen M.L., Cordeiro M.A., Penmetsa R.V., Badri M., Huguet T., Aouani M.E., Cook D.R., Nuzhdin S.V. (2010) Population genomic analysis of Tunisian Medicago truncatula reveals candidates for local adaptation. Plant Journal 63: 623–635.   [Abstract and full text links]

Gallão M.I., Cortelazzo A.L., Fevereiro M.P.S., Brito E.S. (2010) Biochemical and morphological responses to abiotic elicitor chitin in suspension-cultured sugarcane cells. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 53: 253-260.   [Full text - Open Access]

Santos A.R., Miguel A.S., Tomaz L., Malhó R., Maycock C., Vaz Patto M.C., Fevereiro P., Oliva A. (2010) The impact of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots in cells of Medicago sativa in suspension culture. Journal of Nanobiotechnology 8:24.   [Full text - Open Access]

Skevas T., Fevereiro P., Wesseler J. (2010) Coexistence regulations and agriculture production: A case study of five Bt maize producers in Portugal. Ecological Economics 69: 2402­2408.   [Abstract and full text links]

Newton A.C., Akar T., Baresel J.P., Bebeli P., Bettencourt E., Bladenopoulos K.V., Czembor J.H., Fasoula D.A., Katsiotis A., Koutis K., Koutsika-Sotiriou M., Kovacs G., Larsson H., Pinheiro de Carvalho M.A.A., Rubiales D., Russell J., Santos T.M.M., Vaz Patto M.C. (2010) Cereal landraces for sustainable agriculture: a review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 30: 237-269.   [Abstract and full text links]

Trindade I., Capitão C., Dalmay T., Fevereiro M.P., Santos D.M. (2010) miR398 and miR408 are up-regulated in response to water deficit in Medicago truncatula. Planta 231: 705-716.   [Abstract and full text links]

Veloso M.M., Almadanim M.C., Baleiras-Couto M.M., Pereira H.S., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2010) Microsatellite database of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars used for wine production in Portugal. Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola / Journal of Viticulture and Enology 25: 53-61.   [Full text - Open Access]

[2009]

Campos A., Costa G., Coelho A.V., Fevereiro P. (2009) Identification of bacterial protein markers and enolase as a plant response protein in the infection of Olea europaea subsp. europaea by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi. European Journal of Plant Pathology 125: 603-616.   [Abstract and full text links]

Chaves I., Pinheiro C., Paiva J.A.P., Planchon S., Sergeant K., Renaut J., Graça J.A., Costa G., Coelho A.V., Ricardo C.P.P. (2009) Proteomic evaluation of wound-healing processes in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber tissue. Proteomics 9: 4154-4175.   [Abstract and full text links]

Confalonieri M., Cammareri M., Biazzi E., Pecchia P., Fevereiro M.P.S., Balestrazzi A., Tava A., Conicella C. (2009) Enhanced triterpene sapogenin biosynthesis and root nodulation in transgenic barrel medic (Medicago truncatula Gaertn.) expressing a novel β-amyrin synthase (AsOXA1) gene. Plant Biotecnhology Journal 7: 172-182.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cunha J., Santos M.T., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2009) Portuguese traditional grapevine cultivars and wild vines (Vitis vinifera L.) share morphological and genetic traits. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56: 975-989.   [Abstract and full text links]

Gaspar M.J., de-Lucas A.I., Alía R., Paiva J.A.P., Hidalgo E., Louzada J., Almeida H., González-Martínez S.C. (2009) Use of molecular markers for estimating breeding parameters: a case study in a Pinus pinaster Ait. progeny trial. Tree Genetics & Genomes 5: 609-616.   [Abstract and full text links]

Hoot S.B., Zautke H., Harris D.J., Crane. P.R., Neves S.S. (2009) Phylogenetic patterns in Menispermaceae based on multiple chloroplast sequence data. Systematic Botany 34: 44-56.   [Abstract and full text links]

Mendes-Moreira P.M.M., Vaz Patto M.C., Mota M., Mendes-Moreira J., Santos J.P.N., Santos J.P.P., Andrade E., Hallauer A.R., Pego, S.E. (2009) ‘Fandango’: long term adaptation of exotic germplasm to a Portuguese on-farm-conservation and breeding project. Maydica 54: 269-285.   [Full text - Open Access]

Neves S.S., Weakley A.S. and Cox P.B. (2009) Bupleurum gerardii All. (Apiaceae), an addition to the North American flora, with comments on the treatment of aliens in floras. Castanea 74: 424-433.   [Abstract and full text links]

Nunes C., Araújo S.S., Silva J.M., Fevereiro P., Silva A.B. (2009) Photosynthesis light curves: a method for screening water deficit resistance in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Annals of Applied Biology 155: 321-332.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Rubiales D. (2009) Identification and characterization of partial resistance to rust in a germplasm collection of Lathyrus sativus L. Plant Breeding 128: 495-500.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Alves M.L., Almeida N.F., Santos C., Mendes Moreira P., Satovic Z., Brites C. (2009) Is the bread making technological ability of Portuguese traditional maize landraces associated with their genetic diversity? Maydica 54: 297-311.   [Full text - Open Access]

Vaz Patto M.C., Fernández-Aparicio M., Satovic Z., Rubiales D. (2009) Extent and pattern of genetic differentiation within and between European populations of Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel revealed by AFLP analysis. Weed Research 49: 48-55.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Fernández-Aparicio M., Moral A., Rubiales D. (2009) Pre and posthaustorial resistance to rust in Lathyrus cicera L. Euphytica 165: 27-34.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2008]

Moreira P.M.R.M., Pêgo S.E., Vaz Patto C., Hallauer A.R. (2008) Comparison of selection methods on “Pigarro”, a Portuguese improved maize population with fasciation expression. Euphytica 163: 481-499.   [Abstract and full text links]

Nunes C., Araújo S.S., Silva J.M., Fevereiro M.P.S., Silva A.B. (2008) Physiological responses of the legume model Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong to water deficit. Environmental and Experimental Botany 63: 289-296.   [Abstract and full text links]

Paiva J.A.P., Garnier-Géré P.H., Rodrigues J.C., Alves A., Santos S., Graça J., Le Provost G., Chaumeil P., da Silva-Perez D., Bosc A., Fevereiro P., Plomion C. (2008) Plasticity of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) wood-forming tissues during a growing season. New Phytologist 179: 1180-1194.   [Abstract and full text links]

Paiva J.A.P., Garcés M., Alves A., Garnier-Géré P., Rodrigues J.C., Lalanne C., Porcon S., Le Provost G., da Silva Perez D., Brach J., Frigerio J.-M., Claverol S., Barré A., Fevereiro P., Plomion C. (2008) Molecular and phenotypic profiling from the base to the crown in maritime pine wood-forming tissues. New Phytologist 178: 283-301.   [Abstract and full text links]

Pires A.S., Cabral M.G., Fevereiro P., Stoger E., Abranches R. (2008) High levels of stable phytase accumulate in the culture medium of transgenic Medicago truncatula cell suspension cultures. Biotechnology Journal 3: 916-923.   [Abstract and full text links]

Szittya G., Moxon S., Santos D.M., Jing R., Fevereiro M.P.S., Moulton V., Dalmay T. (2008) High-throughput sequencing of Medicago truncatula short RNAs identifies eight new miRNA families. BMC Genomics 9: 593.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Díaz R., Satovic Z., Román B., Pujadas-Salvà A., Rubiales D. (2008) Genetic diversity of Moroccan populations of Orobanche foetida: from wild parasitic plants to parasitic weeds. Weed Research 48: 179-186.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Moreira P.M., Almeida N., Satovic Z., Pêgo S. (2008) Genetic diversity evolution through participatory maize breeding in Portugal. Euphytica 161: 283-291.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2007]

Almadanim M.C., Baleiras-Couto M.M., Pereira H.S., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E., Morais-Cecilio L., Viegas W., Veloso M.M. (2007) Genetic diversity of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars most utilized for wine production in Portugal. VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research 46: 116-119.   [Full text - Open Access]

Almeida A.M., Cardoso L.A., Santos D.M., Torné J.M., Fevereiro P.S. (2007) Trehalose and its applications in plant biotechnology. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant 43: 167-177.   [Abstract and full text links]

Almeida A.M., Santos M., Villalobos E., Araújo S.S., van Dijck P., Leyman B., Cardoso L.A., Santos D., Fevereiro P.S., Torné J.M. (2007) Immunogold localization study of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase in leaf segments of wild type and transgenic tobacco plants expressing the AtTPS1 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. Protoplasma 230: 41-49.   [Abstract and full text links]

Almeida A.A., Silva A.B., Araújo S.S., Cardoso L.A., Santos D.M., Torné J.M., Silva J.M., Paul M.J., Fevereiro P.S. (2007) Responses to water withdrawal of tobacco plants genetically engineered with the AtTPS1 gene: a special reference to photosynthetic parameters. Euphytica 154: 113–126.   [Abstract and full text links]

Almeida A.M., Villalobos E., Araújo S.S., Cardoso L.A., Santos D.M., Santos M.A., Fevereiro P.S., Torné J.M. (2007) Electroporation of maize embryogenic calli with the trehalose-6 phosphate synthase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 29: 273–281.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cunha J., Cunha J.P., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2007) Carpometric measurements of seeds in the identification of wild ancestors of Vitis vinifera L. Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola / Journal of Viticulture and Enology 22: 29-34.   [Full text - Open Access]

Delgado A., Arroyo López F.N., Brito D., Peres C., Fevereiro P.S., Garrido-Fernández A. (2007) Optimum bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus plantarum 17.2b requires absence of NaCl and apparently follows a mixed metabolite kinetics. Journal of Biotechnology 130: 193-201.   [Abstract and full text links]

Duque A.S., Araújo S.S., Cordeiro M.A., Santos D.M., Fevereiro M.P. (2007) Use of fused gfp and gus reporters for the recovery of transformed Medicago truncatula somatic embryos without selective pressure. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 90: 325-330.   [Abstract and full text links]

Gallão M.I., Cortelazzo A.L., Fevereiro M.P.S., Brito E.S. (2007) Response to chitin in suspension-cultured Citrus aurantium cells. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology 19: 69-76.   [Full text - Open Access]

Le Provost G., Herrera R., Paiva J.A.P., Chaumeil P., Salin F., Plomion C. (2007) A micromethod for high throughput RNA extraction in forest trees. Biological Research 40: 291-297.   [Full text - Open Access]

Vaz Patto M.C., Fernández-Aparicio M., Moral A., Rubiales D. (2007) Resistance reaction to powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi) in a germplasm collection of Lathyrus cicera from Iberian origin. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54: 1517-1521.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Moreira P.M., Almeida N., Satovic Z., Pêgo S. (2007) Genetic diversity evolution through participatory maize breeding in Portugal. Euphytica 161: 283-291.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Moreira P.M., Carvalho V., Pêgo, S. (2007) Collecting maize (Zea mays convar. mays) with potential technological ability for bread making in Portugal. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54: 1555-1563.   [Abstract and full text links]

Zhang C.H., Fevereiro P.S. (2007) The effect of heat shock on paclitaxel production in Taxus yunnanensis cell suspension cultures: Role of abscisic acid pretreatment. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 96: 506-514.   [Abstract and full text links]

Zhang C.H., Fevereiro P.S., He G.Y., Chen Z.J. (2007) Enhanced paclitaxel productivity and release capacity of Taxus chinensis cell suspension cultures adapted to chitosan. Plant Science 172: 158-163.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2006]

Chabaud M., Ratet P., Araújo S.S., Duque A.S.R.L.A., Harrison M., Barker D.G. (2006) Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation and in vitro plant regeneration. The Medicago truncatula Handbook (ISBN 0-9754303-1-9). [http://www.noble.org/MedicagoHandbook]

Duque A.S., Pires A.S., Santos D.M., Fevereiro P. (2006) Efficient somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from long-term cell suspension cultures of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology: Plant 42: 270-273.   [Abstract and full text links]

Iantcheva A., Vlahova M., Atanassov A., Duque A.S., Araújo S., Santos D.F., Fevereiro P. (2006) Cell suspension cultures. The Medicago truncatula Handbook (ISBN0-9754303-1-9). [http://www.noble.org/MedicagoHandbook]

Sillero J.C., Fondevilla S., Davidson J., Vaz Patto M.C., Warkentin T.D., Thomas J., Rubiales D. (2006) Screening techniques and sources of resistance to rusts and mildews in grain legumes. Euphytica 147: 255-272.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Fernández-Aparicio M., Moral A., Rubiales D. (2006) Characterization of resistance to powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi) in a germplasm collection of Lathyrus sativus. Plant Breeding 125: 308-310.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Skiba B., Pang E.C.K., Ochatt S.J., Lambein F., Rubiales D. (2006) Lathyrus improvement for resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses: from classical breeding to marker assisted selection. Euphytica 147: 133-147.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2005]

Almeida A.M., Villalobos E., Araújo S.S., Leyman B., van Dijk P., Alfaro-Cardoso L., Fevereiro P., Torné J.M., Santos D.M. (2005) Transformation of tobacco with an Arabidopsis thaliana gene involved in trehalose biosynthesis increases tolerance to several abiotic stresses. Euphytica 146: 165-176.   [Abstract and full text links]

Abranches R., Marcel S., Arcalis E., Altmann F., Fevereiro P., Stoger E. (2005) Plants as bioreactors: a comparative study suggests that Medicago truncatula is a promising production system. Journal of Biotechnology 120: 121-134.   [Abstract and full text links]

Campos A., Rijo-Johansen M.J., Carneiro M.F., Fevereiro P.S. (2005) Purification and preliminary characterisation of Adenosine nucleosidase from Coffea arabica young leaves. Phytochemistry 66: 147-151.   [Abstract and full text links]

Castilho A., Cunha M., Afonso A.R., Morais-Cecílio L., Fevereiro P.S., Viegas W. (2005) Genomic characterization and physical mapping of two fucosyltransferase genes in Medicago truncatula. Genome/Génome 48: 168-176.   [Abstract and full text links]

Delgado A., Brito D., Fevereiro, P., Tenreiro, R., Peres, C. (2005) Bioactivity quantification of crude bacteriocin solutions. Journal of Microbiological Methods 62: 121-124.   [Abstract and full text links]

Gion J.M., Lalanne C., Le Provost G., Ferry-Dumazet H., Paiva J., Chaumeil P., Frigerio J.M., Brach J., Barré A., De Daruvar A., Claverol S., Bonneu M., Sommerer N., Negroni L., Plomion C. (2005) The proteome of maritime pine wood forming tissue. Proteomics 5: 3731-3751.   [Abstract and full text links]

Gutierrez M.V., Vaz Patto M.C., Huguet T., Cubero J.I., Moreno M.T., Torres A.M. (2005) Cross-species amplification of Medicago truncatula microsatellites across three major pulse crops. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 110: 1210-1217.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves S.S., Swire-Clark G., Hilu K.W., Baird W.V. (2005) Phylogeny of Eleusine (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnT-trnF sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 395-419.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2004]

Araújo S.S., Duque A.S.R.L.A., Santos D.M.M.F., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2004) An efficient transformation method to regenerate a high number of transgenic plants using a new embryogenic line of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 78: 123-131.   [Abstract and full text links]

Cantón F.R., Le Provost G., Garcia V., Barré A., Frigério J.-M., Paiva J., Fevereiro P., Ávila C., Mouret J.-F., Brach J., de Daruvar A., Cánovas F.M., Plomion C. (2004) Transcriptome analysis of wood formation in maritime pine. In: Sustainable Forestry, Wood Products & Biotechnology, BIOFOR proceeding. pp. 333-347.

Duque A.S.R.L.A., Araújo S.S., Santos D.M.M.F., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2004) Optimisation of a selection scheme using kanamycin to improve transformation of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 78: 277-280.   [Abstract and full text links]

Gemas V.J.V., Almadanim M.C., Tenreiro R., Martins, A., Fevereiro P. (2004) Genetic diversity in the Olive tree (Olea europaea subsp. europaea L.) cultivated in Portugal revealed by RAPD and ISSR markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51: 501-511.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves S.S., Watson M.F. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships in Bupleurum (Apiaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequence data. Annals of Botany 93: 379-398.   [Abstract and full text links]

Svistoonoff S., Laplaze L., Liang J., Ribeiro A., Gouveia M.C., Auguy F., Fevereiro P., Franche C., Bogusz D. (2004) Infection-related activation of the cg12 promoter is conserved between actinorhizal and legume-rhizobia root nodule symbioses. Plant Physiology 136: 3191-3197.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Pêgo S., Satovic Z., Fevereiro P. (2004) Assessing the genetic diversity of Portuguese maize germplasm using microsatellite markers. Euphytica 137: 63-72.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2003]

Almeida A.M., Araújo S., Cardoso L.A., Fevereiro P., Torné J.M., Santos D. (2003) Genetic engineering of maize towards desiccation tolerance: electroporation with the trehalose gene. Genetika 35: 111-121.   [Abstract and full text links]

Le Provost G., Paiva J., Pot D., Brach J., Plomion C. (2003) Seasonal variation in transcript accumulation in wood-forming tissues of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) with emphasis on a cell wall glycine-rich protein. Planta 217: 820-830.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves S. (2003) Bupleurum L. (Umbelliferae-Apioideae). In: G. Nieto Feliner, S.L. Jury, A. Herrero, eds. Flora iberica, Vol. 10: 240-265. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.   [Flora iberica]    [Bupleurum in Flora iberica]

Neves S.S. (2003) Typification of some taxa of Bupleurum L. (Umbelliferae). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 60: 457-458.  [pdf file]

Santos D.M.M.F., Araújo S.S., Duque A.S.R.L., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2003) Reverse transcription-PCR assay to verify gene integrity within plasmid constructs for plant transformation. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 74: 293-296.   [Abstract and full text links]

Vaz Patto M.C., Rubiales D., Martín A., Hernández P., Lindhout P., Niks R.E., Stam P. (2003) QTL mapping provides evidence for lack of association of the avoidance of leaf rust in Hordeum chilense with stomata density. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106: 1283-1292.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2002]

Gemas V.J.V., Rijo-Johansen M.J., Fevereiro P. (2002) Intra-variability of the Portuguese Olive cultivar Galega Vulgar expressed by RAPD, ISSR and SPAR. Acta Horticulturae 586: 175-178.   [Abstract and full text links]

Pedro A.J.E., Fevereiro P.S., Serralheiro, M.L., Aires-Barros, M.R. (2002) Study of the stability of Vaccinium myrtillus peroxidase in reverse micellar systems. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation 20: 129-135.   [Abstract and full text links]

Santos D., Fevereiro P. (2002) Loss of DNA methylation affects somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 70: 155-161.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2001]

Palma A.S., Vila-Verde C., Pires A.S., Fevereiro P.S., Costa, J. (2001) A novel plant α4-fucosyltransferase (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) synthetises the Lewisa adhesion determinant. FEBS Letters 499: 235-238.   [Abstract and full text links]

Brito E.S., Pezoa Garcia N.H., Gallão M.I., Cortelazzo A.L., Fevereiro P.S., Braga M.R. (2001) Structural and chemical changes in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) during fermentation, drying and roasting. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture 81: 281-288.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves L.O., Tomaz L., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2001) Micropropagation of Medicago truncatula Gaertn. cv. Jemalong and Medicago truncatula ssp. Narbonensis. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 67: 81-84.   [Abstract and full text links]

Delgado A., Brito D., Fevereiro P., Peres C., Figueiredo Marques J. (2001) Antimicrobial activity of L. plantarum, isolated from a traditional lactic acid fermentation of table olives. Le Lait 81: 203-215.   [Abstract and full text links]

Stazi S.R., Fevereiro P., Sermanni G.G., Aires Barros R. (2001) Oxidative polymerization and partial dechlorination of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol by a mixture of peroxidase isozymes from Vaccinium myrtillus. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 76: 210-214.   [Abstract and full text links]

[2000]

Gemas V.J.V., Rijo-Johansen M.J., Tenreiro R., Fevereiro P. (2000) Inter and intra-varietal analysis of three Olea europaea L. cultivars using the RAPD technique. The Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 75: 312-319.   [Abstract and full text links]

[1999]

Morna-Gomes A., Serralheiro M.L., Fevereiro P.S., Aires-Barros M.R. (1999) Application of factorial design to the optimization of peroxidase activity in reverse micelles of bis(2-ethylhexyl)sodium sulfosuccinate/isooctane. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 82: 27-36.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves L.O., Duque S.R.L., Almeida J.S., Fevereiro P. (1999) Repetitive somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula ssp. narbonensis and M. truncatula Gaernt cv. Jemalong. Plant Cell Reports 18: 398-405.   [Abstract and full text links]

Note:  For work published prior to 1999, please contact  Pedro Fevereiro (Group Leader).

 


 

 

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Last updated on 22 January 2018