Ap Applicati tions ons in in Pl Plant t Scien Sciences ces Protein structure/function relationships can be investigated using a structural model to generate hypotheses and an in vitro reconstitution assay for functional analysis of protein variants. However, this approach is only available for some proteins. For example, elucidation of the structure/function relationships for bacterial cellulos...

Inbreeding depression is a critical factor countering the evolution of inbreeding and thus potentially shaping the evolution of plant sexual systems. Current theory predicts that inbreeding depression could have important evolutionary consequences, even in haploid-dominant organisms. To date, no data have been reported on inbreeding depression in moss species. Here, we present data on the magni...

A cDNA library was constructed with mRNA isolated from heat-stressed cell cultures of Funaria hygrometrica (Bryophyta, Musci, Funariaceae). cDNA clones encoding six cytosolic small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) were identified using differential screening. Phylogenetic analysis of these sHSP sequences with other known sHSPs identified them as members of the previously described higher plant cytos...

Physcomitrium eurystomum Sendtn. is a temperate to tropical species, Red Listed in Europe, now collected on the way Mattupetty from Munnar of Idukki district Western Ghats Kerala. Splachnobryum obtusum (Brid.) Müll. Hal. was lateritic midland Malappuram Both these species are rare occurrence and poorly known Ghats, hence described detail with images.