Zhi Li, Andan Zhu, et al. compare inbred and hybrid lines to explore how daily changes in metabolic pathways affect hybrid vigor. The Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00320 Background: Heterosis or hybrid vigor refers to the superior growth or fitness in the hybrid progeny compared to one or both parents. Heterosis is widespread and commonly used in […]
Liu et al., generate a novel collection of mutants impaired in PI3P biosynthesis and discovered new features and functions of this phosphoinositide in intracellular trafficking. The Plant Cell (2020). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00285 By Richard S. Marshall and Richard D. Vierstra, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA Background Phosphoinositide lipids are key determinants for intracellular trafficking and membrane/organelle identity, […]
Castillejo et al. describe how independent mutations in the transcription factor MYB10 drive natural variation in strawberry color. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00474 By Cristina Castillejo and Iraida Amaya Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA). Centro de Málaga. Background: The red color of strawberry fruits results from the accumulation of […]
Luo et al. demonstrate that ectopic expression of silky3, a novel transcriptional regulator, causes pleiotropic developmental defects in maize inflorescences.. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00043 By Haishan Luo, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Background: Inflorescence initiation and formation has been extensively studied in dicots, especially Arabidopsis, but underexplored in monocots such as maize. Aiming at finding […]
Xiong et al. investigated the transcriptional regulation of PLT1 in Arabidopsis, which revolves around competitive and antagonistic binding of JANUS and GIF1 to IMPORTIN β4. The Plant Cell (2020). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00108 By Feng Xiong and Sha Li, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University Background: Spatially coordinated cell division and […]
Liu et al. demonstrate how canonical tyrosine endocytic motifs control the internalization of plasma membrane proteins by the clathrin adaptor complex AP-2. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00384. Background: In plants, plasma membrane (PM)-resident proteins are selectively engulfed into the cell, a process called endocytosis, which is crucial for signal activation or termination. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis […]
Wang et al. demonstrate how rice alters the expression of a sodium transporter gene under salinity stress. The Plant Cell (2020). Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00301 By Jie Wang, Nan Nan, Ning Li, Yutong Liu, Tian-Jing Wang, Inhwan Hwang, Bao Liu and Zheng-Yi Xu Background: Excessive sodium (Na+) accumulates in irrigated fields and harms rice during its […]
Wang et al. explore how plants increase Pi uptake and reduce nitrate uptake during Pi starvation. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00361 By Xue Wang and Yi-Fang Chen State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Center for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Beijing, China Background: Phosphorus (P) and nitrogen […]
Zandalinas et al. identify the plant tissues that mediate systemic reactive oxygen signaling in response to high-light stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00453 By Sara I Zandalinas and Ron Mittler University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Background: Plants constantly sense and respond to changes in their environment. These responses are not restricted to the specific […]