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Plant metabolism grabs the spotlight
7/1/2012 Check out this special Science issue on Plant Metabolism. Peruse more than 10 reviews, reports, perspectives, and even a podcast to learn about some of the most recent high impact research on medicinal compounds, carbon and nitrogen metabolism, hormonal modifications, metabolic pathway diversification and evolution, and much more . . .
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Pondering Molecular Network Evolution
6/1/2012 Current Opinion in Plant Biology asks . . . How do the evolutionary forces that act on phenotypes affect the molecular networks that underly plant growth and development? How can researchers elucidate the functions of multi-genic modules? Come read about how post-doc Lee Chae is pondering these and an array of other questions with…
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Podcasting from the PMN!
5/1/2012 Rev up your plant metabolism excitement by watching or listening to Episode 78 of This Week in Science and Education where the PMN’s very own Dr. Sue Rhee describes how plant biochemical pathways are the Engine of Life! Do you have an inspiring or entertaining plant metabolism-focused podcast to promote? Please let us know…
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BLAST into four new species!
5/1/2012 Deciphering the function of an unknown protein? Searching for a related enzyme in a plant species? Want access to a trusted set of enzymes? Then come BLAST against our new enzyme datasets for corn, soybean, cassava, and wine grape. Plus, check out our updated BLAST sets for Arabidopsis, poplar, and PlantCyc and new set…
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Intern input connects you to compounds
3/1/2012 We are grateful to our undergraduate interns who have enriched our new and “old” databases with references citing evidence of many compounds found in each species. Check out the bottom of each pathway page to connect to these pertinent publications. Please take a look at: CassavaCyc: free phenylpropanoid biosynthesis CornCyc: monoterpene biosynthesis GrapeCyc: geraniol…
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Welcome to FOUR NEW species!
The PMN is pleased to provide four new species-specific databases as part of the PMN 6.0 release: And don’t miss the new data that we have added in AraCyc 9.0, PoplarCyc 4.0, and PlantCyc 6.0. ** Please make sure to select your organism of interest in the Quick Search box before you start exploring!
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The PMN goes to Amsterdam!
9/1/2011 Please come hear Dr. Sue Rhee, the PI of the PMN project, as she describes genome-wide molecular networks at the Plant Genome Evolution conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday, September 6. And to catch a glimpse of the next generation of PMN species-specific databases, please make sure to drop by the poster of post-doc Dr.…
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We want your data at the ASPB Meeting!
8/1/2011 Please come to a database overview and hands-on community curation workshop at the ASPB Meeting co-hosted by the PMN. We want your help to get the latest information on plant metabolism into our resources. PMN/TAIR/SGN Workshop Please e-mail us at curator@plantcyc.org to let us know if you can stay after the workshop to directly…
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Better Metabolic Over-viewing!
Use the improved Metabolic Overview to easily against the backdrop of the Arabidopsis or Poplar metabolic map! Whenever you are viewing a single species database like AraCyc you can access the Metabolic (Cellular) Overview from the Tools menu More details about this improved resource can be found in a recent publication
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New PMN releases!
Please come search for your favorite pathways in the newest versions of our PMN databases: With over 40 new pathways and 150 new enzymes, the PMN will help you gain new insights into plant metabolism