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. 2011 Sep;157(1):3-13.
doi: 10.1104/pp.111.179531. Epub 2011 Jul 19.

Brachypodium as a model for the grasses: today and the future

Jelena Brkljacic  1 , Erich Grotewold, Randy Scholl, Todd Mockler, David F Garvin, Philippe Vain, Thomas Brutnell, Richard Sibout, Michael Bevan, Hikmet Budak, Ana L Caicedo, Caixia Gao, Yong Gu, Samuel P Hazen, Ben F Holt 3rd, Shin-Young Hong, Mark Jordan, Antonio J Manzaneda, Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Keiichi Mochida, Luis A J Mur, Chung-Mo Park, John Sedbrook, Michelle Watt, Shao Jian Zheng, John P Vogel
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Brachypodium as a model for the grasses: today and the future

Jelena Brkljacic et al. Plant Physiol. 2011 Sep.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Brachypodium resources contained in BrachyBase. Shown is a Gbrowse screenshot depicting the cold-responsive gene Bradi2g57800, which encodes a basic helix-loop-helix DNA-binding superfamily putative transcription factor. The T-DNA insertions track shows one T-DNA insertion in this gene. The JGI SNP tracks show single-nucleotide polymorphisms identified in resequenced accessions. The Bd21 transcriptome perfect alignments track represents Illumina RNA-Seq data. The Bd21 Array Data tracks show data from the Brachypodium expression atlas project indicating that the gene is induced by cold stress.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Seed distribution and publication comparison between Brachypodium and Arabidopsis. A, Combined Brachypodium seed distribution from three major U.S. sources of Brachypodium seeds (NPGS, David Garvin, and John Vogel). For 2010, the number reflects orders up to September. Since 2001, 435 orders have been placed. Since secondary distributions were encouraged, the actual number of informal “orders” would greatly increase the number of seed distributions. Seed distributions from laboratories and stock centers outside the United States are not included. The approval of the genome sequencing project in 2006 (red arrow) coincides with a large increase in demand for seed. B, Distribution of Arabidopsis seed resources from the ABRC. Data shown are number of orders per year starting 1 year after the ABRC was established. Note that the number of orders in 1992 is very similar to the number of Brachypodium orders in the last couple of years (red arrow). C, Number of publications using Brachypodium as a model system. The magenta arrow indicates the announcement that JGI will sequence Brachypodium. The green arrow represents the release of the 4× draft genome sequence to the community. D, Number of publications using Arabidopsis as a model system. The magenta arrow indicates the establishment of Arabidopsis as a model for embryo development. The green arrow indicates the recognition of the small size of the Arabidopsis genome. The black arrow indicates the proposal to use positional cloning to study biochemical, physiological, and developmental processes in Arabidopsis.
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