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50 years of Arabidopsis research: highlights and future directions.

Title50 years of Arabidopsis research: highlights and future directions.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsProvart NJ, Alonso J, Assmann SM, Bergmann D, Brady SM, Brkljacic J, Browse J, Chapple C, Colot V, Cutler S, Dangl J
JournalThe New phytologist
Date Published2015 Oct 14
ISSN1469-8137
Abstract

I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. Natural variation and genome-wide association studies XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. References SUMMARY: The year 2014 marked the 25(th) International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. In the 50 yr since the first International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, held in 1965 in Göttingen, Germany, > 54 000 papers that mention Arabidopsis thaliana in the title, abstract or keywords have been published. We present herein a citational network analysis of these papers, and touch on some of the important discoveries in plant biology that have been made in this powerful model system, and highlight how these discoveries have then had an impact in crop species. We also look to the future, highlighting some outstanding questions that can be readily addressed in Arabidopsis. Topics that are discussed include Arabidopsis reverse genetic resources, stock centers, databases and online tools, cell biology, development, hormones, plant immunity, signaling in response to abiotic stress, transporters, biosynthesis of cells walls and macromolecules such as starch and lipids, epigenetics and epigenomics, genome-wide association studies and natural variation, gene regulatory networks, modeling and systems biology, and synthetic biology.

DOI10.1111/nph.13687
Alternate JournalNew Phytol.