Yin, Romero-Campero, Yang, et al. identify CDs in the Arabidopsis genome and investigate the role of PRC1 in 3D structure. Xiaochang Yin1, Francisco J. Romero-Campero2 3, Minqi Yang1, Myriam Calonje2, Yue Zhou1 1State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China. […]
Huang and Krishnan et al. investigate photoassimilate export in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii By Weichao Huang1 and Arthur Grossman2 1Current position: Faculty of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China 1Previous position: Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science 2Arthur Grossman: Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science Background: In photosynthetic eukaryotes, chloroplasts […]
Lu et al. explore the roles of a Mediator complex subunit and a WRKY transcription factor in regulating the salt-responsive gene SOS1. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad105 Background: Soil salinization is a major environmental hazard that severely affects plant growth and development. Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms that help them withstand elevated soil salinity, and Salt Overly Sensitive1 (SOS1) […]
Zhao, Wang, Li, et al. explore how the photosynthetic apparatus evolved in the cryptophyte Chroomonas placoidea, which is related to red algae. Long-Sheng Zhao1 and Lu-Ning Liu2. 1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China. 2Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom. Background: Photosynthesis converts […]
Lopez Vazquez et al explore the importance of protein sub-cellular localization by determining how a protein modulating light responses gets to the right place within the cell. Christian Fankhauser, Centre for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Génopode Building, University of Lausanne, CH–1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Background: Plants can orient their leaves towards the light. […]
Lisha Shen uncovers unique functional interdependence at the post-translational level among individual components of the Arabidopsis m6A methyltransferase complex. By Lisha Shen, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore Background: N6-methyladenosine (m6A), methylation at the nitrogen-6 position of adenosine, is an abundant internal modification of messenger RNA (mRNA) […]
Wang et al. discover that Phytophthora infestans RxLR effectors enter host plant cells via clathrin-mediated endocytosis. By Haixia Wang1, Petra C Boevink2, Paul RJ Birch1,2 1Division of Plant Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, @James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK. 2Cell and Molecular Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, […]
Yang, Liu, Ge et al. explore the relationship between brassinosteroids and very-long-chain fatty acids in regulating fiber elongation. Plant Cell By Zuoren Y, Zhao L, Xiaoyang G, Lili L, Wenqiang Q, Qanmber G, Le L, Zhi W, and Fuguang L Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, […]
Ni et al. explore the relationship between ethylene, the ERF9 and RAP2.4 transcription factors, and anthocyanin biosynthesis in pear. Plant Cell By J. Ni1,3,4, S. Bai1,3,4 and Y. Teng1,2,3,4 1 Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China 2 Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan 572000, PR China 3 Zhejiang Provincial Key […]