Mid-November papers

Here are some interest papers.

Enrichment of tomato fruit with health-promoting anthocyanins by expression of select transcription factors, Eugenio Butelli, Lucilla Titta, Marco Giorgio, Hans-Peter Mock, Andrea Matros, Silke Peterek, Elio G W M Schijlen, Robert D Hall, Arnaud G Bovy, Jie Luo & Cathie Martin, Nature Biotechnology 26, 1301 - 1308 (2008).

Glutamic acid residues in the C-terminal extension of small heat shock protein 25 are critical for structural and functional integrity, Amie M. Morris, Teresa M. Treweek, J. A. Aquilina, John A. Carver and Mark J. Walker, FEBS Journal 275(23):5885 - 5898 (2008).

Modified genes spread to local maize: Findings reignite debate over genetically modified crops, Rex Dalton, Nature 456:149 (12 November 2008).
Transgenes from genetically modified (GM) maize (corn) crops have been found in traditional 'landrace' maize in the Mexican heartland, a study says. The work largely confirms a similar, controversial result published in Nature in 20011 and may reignite the debate in Mexico over GM crops.

PLANT GENOMICS: A Bunch of Trouble, David Grimm, Science 322(5904):1046 - 1047 (14 November 2008).
The banana is endangered and largely ignored by funding agencies, researchers, and breeders. But things might finally be going its way.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Minnesota Ecologist Pushes Prairie Biofuels, Eli Kintisch, Science 322(5904):1044 - 1045 (14 November 2008).
David Tilman wants to mix it up by growing native grasses for energy. Many agronomists disagree.