The dead seed coat functions as a long-term storage for active hydrolytic enzymes

Buzi Raviv; Lusine Aghajanyan; Gila Granot; Vardit Makover; Omer Frenkel; Yitzchak Gutterman; Gideon Grafi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181102

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

The dead seed coat functions as a long-term storage for active hydrolytic enzymes

Buzi Raviv,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
⨯
Lusine Aghajanyan,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
⨯
Gila Granot,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization

Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
⨯
Vardit Makover,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
⨯
Omer Frenkel,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
⨯
Yitzchak Gutterman,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
⨯
Gideon Grafi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ggrafi@bgu.ac.il

Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1243-811X

⨯

The dead seed coat functions as a long-term storage for active hydrolytic enzymes

Buzi Raviv,
Lusine Aghajanyan,
Gila Granot,
Vardit Makover,
Omer Frenkel,
Yitzchak Gutterman,
Gideon Grafi

Published: July 11, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181102

Reader Comments (0)

Post a new comment on this article

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Seed coat
Is the Subject Area "Seed coat" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Seeds
Is the Subject Area "Seeds" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Nucleases
Is the Subject Area "Nucleases" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Arabidopsis thaliana
Is the Subject Area "Arabidopsis thaliana" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Proteomes
Is the Subject Area "Proteomes" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Seed germination
Is the Subject Area "Seed germination" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Nutrient and storage proteins
Is the Subject Area "Nutrient and storage proteins" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Embryos
Is the Subject Area "Embryos" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.