Antanas Spokevicius

Microanalytical techniques for phenotyping secondary xylem

Nadeeshani Karannagoda, Antanas Spokevicius, Steven Hussey, Gerd Bossinger

Journal article  |  2020  |  IAWA JOURNAL

The products of secondary xylem are of significant biological and commercial importance, and as a result, the biology of secondary..

The Cytoskeleton and Its Role in Determining Cellulose Microfibril Angle in Secondary Cell Walls of Woody Tree Species

Larissa Machado Tobias, Antanas V Spokevicius, Heather E McFarlane, Gerd Bossinger

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLANTS-BASEL

Recent advances in our understanding of the molecular control of secondary cell wall (SCW) formation have shed light on molecular ..

Sector analysis reveals patterns of cambium differentiation in poplar stems

Gerd Bossinger, Antanas V Spokevicius

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

We used sector analysis to study cambium development and dynamics and to test whether fundamental developmental and functional dif..

How gene effects on wood formation can be studied in forest tree species. Case Study

AV Spokevicius, G Bossinger

Book Chapter  |  2018

Medium term water deficit elicits distinct transcriptome responses in Eucalyptus species of contrasting environmental origin

Antanas V Spokevicius, Josquin Tibbits, Philippe Rigault, Marc-Alexandre Nolin, Caroline Mueller, Andrew Merchant

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMC GENOMICS

BACKGROUND: Climatic and edaphic conditions over geological timescales have generated enormous diversity of adaptive traits and hi..

The Use of Induced Somatic Sector Analysis (ISSA) for Studying Genes and Promoters Involved in Wood Formation and Secondary Stem Development

Antanas Spokevicius, Lynette Taylor, Emma Melder, Kim Van Beveren, Josquin Tibbits, Nicky Creux, Gerd Bossinger

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS

Secondary stem growth in trees and associated wood formation are significant both from biological and commercial perspectives. How..

Overexpression of ARBORKNOX1 delays the differentiation of induced somatic sector analysis (ISSA) derived xylem fibre cells in poplar stems

Emma Melder, Gerd Bossinger, Antanas V Spokevicius

Journal article  |  2015  |  TREE GENETICS & GENOMES

ARBORKNOX1 (ARK1), a poplar functional homolog of the Arabidopsis Class-I KNOTTED- like homeobox (KNOXI) transcription factor SHOO..

PtaRHE1, a Populus tremula x Populus alba RING-H2 protein of the ATL family, has a regulatory role in secondary phloem fibre development

Fabien Baldacci-Cresp, Jihad Moussawi, Jean-Charles Leple, Rebecca Van Acker, Annegret Kohler, Julie Candiracci, Laure Twyffels, Antanas V Spokevicius, Gerd Bossinger, Francoise Laurans, Nicole Brunel, Marjorie Vermeersch, Wout Boerjan, Mondher El Jaziri, Marie Baucher

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLANT JOURNAL

REALLY INTERESTING NEW GENE (RING) proteins play important roles in the regulation of many processes by recognizing target protein..

The fasciclin-like arabinogalactan protein family of Eucalyptus grandis contains members that impact wood biology and biomechanics

Colleen P MacMillan, Lynette Taylor, Yingdong Bi, Simon G Southerton, Rob Evans, Antanas Spokevicius

Journal article  |  2015  |  NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fasciclin-like arabinogalactan protein (FLA) families have been identified and characterised in key plant species, with some membe..

The genome of Eucalyptus grandis

Alexander A Myburg, Dario Grattapaglia, Gerald A Tuskan, Uffe Hellsten, Richard D Hayes, Jane Grimwood, Jerry Jenkins, Erika Lindquist, Hope Tice, Diane Bauer, David M Goodstein, Inna Dubchak, Alexandre Poliakov, Eshchar Mizrachi, Anand RK Kullan, Steven G Hussey, Desre Pinard, Karen Van der Merwe, Pooja Singh, Ida Van Jaarsveld, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  NATURE

Eucalypts are the world's most widely planted hardwood trees. Their outstanding diversity, adaptability and growth have made them ..