Disease relevance of Saccharum

• The cry1Ac7 gene of Bacillus thuringiensis strain 234, showing activity against the sugarcane borer Eldana saccharina, was cloned under the control of the tac promoter [1].
• It colonizes the roots, the stems, and predominantly the leaves of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.), while Herbaspirillum seropedicae colonizes in large numbers many different species of the Gramineae [2].
• Cross-hybridization divided the viruses into three groups: those closely related to maize streak virus (MSVs), and separate groups comprising a Panicum sp. virus (PanSV) and two sugarcane viruses (SSVs) [3].
• PCR with BOX and ERIC primers was used to analyze DNA of Xanthomonas albilineans and other bacteria associated with sugarcane [4].
• Axillary bud explants from 6-month-old sugarcane cultivars Co92061 and Co671 were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium strains LBA4404 and EHA105 that harboured a binary vector pGA492 carrying neomycin phosphotransferase II, phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (bar) and an intron containing beta-glucuronidase (gus-intron) genes in the T-DNA region [5].

High impact information on Saccharum

• BACKGROUND: Nicaragua initiated a national program of vitamin A fortification of its domestic sugar supply starting with the 1999-2000 sugarcane harvest [6].
• Using nylon filter arrays, we analyzed the expression profile of 1,536 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of sugarcane (Saccharum sp. cv SP80-3280) exposed to cold for 3 to 48 h [7].
• By taking advantage of allelic variation revealed by heterologous probes, the positions of corresponding loci on the wheat (Triticum aestivum), rice, maize, sugarcane, and Arabidopsis genomes are being interpolated on the sorghum physical map [8].
• The syndrome was caused by the ingestion of mildewed sugarcane containing the Arthrinium-produced mycotoxin, 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA) [9].
• Characterization of a low molecular mass autophosphorylating protein in cultured sugarcane cells and its identification as a nucleoside diphosphate kinase [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Saccharum

• The production of biosurfactant by Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 was investigated using commercial sugar, sugarcane juice and cane molasses, sugarcane juice alcohol stillage, glycerol, mannitol, and soybean oil [11].
• Xanthomonas albilineans, a pathogenic bacterium that produces leaf scald disease of sugarcane, secretes a xanthan-like gum that invades both xylem and phloem of the host [12].
• The acute toxicity of hexazinone, a herbicide intended for general noncropland areas and selected crop uses (alfalfa and sugarcane), has been evaluated to establish proper handling guidelines and to measure its potential impact on the environment [13].
• The exudate gum produced by Xanthomonas albilineans, a specific sugarcane pathogen, has been isolated from juices of diseased sugarcane stalks, hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid, and the hydrolysate analyzed by capillary electrophoresis [14].

Biological context of Saccharum

• The arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction was used to detect single-dose polymorphisms that, in turn, were used to generate a linkage map of a polyploid relative of cultivated sugarcane, Saccharum spontaneum 'SES 208' (2n = 64) [15].
• The ability of sugarcane to accumulate sucrose provides an experimental system for the study of gene expression determining carbohydrate partitioning and metabolism [16].
• A transporter with homology to the SUT/SUC family of plant sucrose transporters was isolated from a sugarcane (Saccharum hybrid) stem cDNA library [17].
• Aluminium-responsive genes in sugarcane: identification and analysis of expression under oxidative stress [18].
• Quantitative trait loci identified for sugar related traits in a sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) cultivar x Saccharum officinarum population [19].

Anatomical context of Saccharum

• A low molecular mass (18 kD) phosphoprotein (pp18) was characterized and purified from cultured sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) cell line H50-7209 [10].
• Human bone marrow cells (TF-1), which require GM-CSF for cell division, proliferated when growth media was supplemented with transgenic sugarcane extracts [20].
• However, smut teliospores seem to be able to change the pattern of glycoprotein production by sugarcane, thereby promoting the synthesis of different glycoproteins that activate polarization after binding to their cell wall ligand [21].

Associations of Saccharum with chemical compounds

• The changes in these properties during development of sugarcane stalk tissue may be a way for parenchyma cells to develop a capacity for expansive growth and still serve as a strong sink for storing high concentrations of sucrose [22].
• Glucose transporter cDNAs from sugarcane [23].
• The method was applied to analysis of glucose, fructose, and sucrose in soft drinks, isotonic beverages, fruit juice, and sugarcane spirits [24].
• Isolation of a full-length cDNA encoding polyphenol oxidase from sugarcane, a C4 grass [25].
• Structure and expression of a sugarcane gene encoding a housekeeping phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase [26].

Gene context of Saccharum

• Between sugarcane and maize at the rps16-trnQ (UUG) region, however, a length polymorphism was identified [27].
• Production of biologically active GM-CSF in sugarcane: a secure biofactory [20].
• The striatal lesions induced by 3-NPA and AC in poisoned rats were in accordance with the bilateral lenticular hypodensity found by CT scanning in patients of mildewed sugarcane poisoning with delayed dystonia [28].
• Expression constructs differed in use of the maize polyubiquitin 1, Mubi-1, or the sugarcane polyubiquitin 9, SCubi9, promoters; presence or absence of a C-terminal HDEL tag for ER retention; and presence or absence of a 6X Histidine tag for metal ion affinity purification [20].
• A probably complete plant uncoupling protein gene family is described and the expression profiles of this family compared with the multigene family of alternative oxidases in Arabidopsis thaliana and sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) employed as dicot and monocot models, respectively [29].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Saccharum

• D-003 is a mixture of high-molecular-weight acids purified from sugarcane wax which inhibits cholesterol biosynthesis through HMG-CoA reductase regulation, preventing bone loss in osteoporosis induced with ovariectomy and prednisolone in rats [30].
• Removal of phenanthrene from soil by co-cultures of bacteria and fungi pregrown on sugarcane bagasse pith [31].

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