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ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2024

Pleiotropy, a feature or a bug? Toward co-ordinating plant growth, development, and environmental responses through engineering plant hormone signaling.

Deisiany Ferreira Neres, R Clay Wright

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Review in Current opinion in biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Genome editing of susceptibility geneFrontiers in plant science · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Pangenomic and Phenotypic Characterization of ColombianInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  5. The switch-liker's guide to plant synthetic gene circuits.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Deisiany Ferreira NeresBiological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg, Virginia, United States; Translational Plant Science Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg, Virginia, United States.
R Clay WrightBiological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg, Virginia, United States; Translational Plant Science Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg, Virginia, United States. Electronic address: wrightrc@vt.edu.

Funding

Understanding and Engineering Chemically Activated Ubiquitin LigasesR35GM150856 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Robert Clay Wright · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of gene editing technologies such as CRISPR has simplified co-ordinating trait development. However, identifying candidate genes remains a challenge due to complex gene networks and pathways. These networks exhibit pleiotropy, complicating the determination of specific gene and pathway functions. In this review, we explore how systems biology and single-cell sequencing technologies can aid in identifying candidate genes for co-ordinating specifics of plant growth and development within specific temporal and tissue contexts. Exploring sequence-function space of these candidate genes and pathway modules with synthetic biology allows us to test hypotheses and define genotype-phenotype relationships through reductionist approaches. Collectively, these techniques hold the potential to advance breeding and genetic engineering strategies while also addressing genetic diversity issues critical for adaptation and trait development.

Indexed as

Genetic PleiotropyPlant DevelopmentPlant Growth RegulatorsGene EditingGenetic EngineeringPlantsSignal TransductionPlant Growth Regulators

Identifiers

PMID38823314
PMCPMC11316663

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