MAIZE THYMIDINE KINASE ACTIVITY IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT PLANT DEVELOPMENT AND ITS HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION CONFERS TOLERANCE TO AN ORGANELLAR DNA-DAMAGING AGENT

Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) phosphorylates thymidine nucleosides to generate thymidine monophosphate.This reaction belongs to the pyrimidine salvage route that is phylogenetically conserved.In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, TK activity contributes to maintain nuclear and organellar genome integrity by providing deoxythymidine-triphosphate (dTTP

In this study, we explored the developmental characteristics of Pinellia ternate bulbils as well as the key gene networks valhalla axys driving the development of bulbils.Based on physiological and biochemical reactions as well as transcriptome technology, this study determined the content of endogenous metabolites and related enzyme activities dur