Zhu et al. explored the function of DRIF1 as a FREE1 suppressor in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad227 By Ying Zhu1, Jinbo Shen4 and Liwen Jiang1,2,3 1School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. […]
Xiao, Fang, Zhang, et al. identify a gene affecting stem growth in poplar. Liang Xiao (Beijing University of Agriculture and Beijing Forestry University), Yuanyuan Fang (Beijing Forestry University), He Zhang (Peking University), and Deqiang Zhang (Beijing University of Agriculture and Beijing Forestry University) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad212 Background: Forest trees are long-lived, woody perennials, making them dramatically different […]
Nitin Uttam Kamble shows that the enzyme α-glucan phosphorylase interacts with a carbohydrate-binding protein to initiate the formation of small B-type starch granules in wheat. Nitin Uttam Kamble, Farrukh Makhamadnojov, Brendan Fahy, David Seung John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad217 Background: Starch is the main storage carbohydrate in plants and a […]
Samach et al. use a pigment-based visual assay to explore the repair of double-stranded DNA breakd in plants. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad209 Avraham Levy and Aviva Samach, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Background: Plant breeding is the art of combining desirable traits from parental genomes. This normally occurs during meiosis through crossover, the exchange of chromosomal segments […]
Chen, Yu, He, Peng et al. investigate the synchronized mechanisms of endosperm filling, from nutrient uptake to the biosynthesis of storage reserves. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad215 By Di Peng and Zhiyong Zhang School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China Background: Cereal endosperms store starch and […]
Xiaojing Li and Guozheng Qin, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Background: Strawberry is an important horticultural crop with a high economic value worldwide. Various factors regulate the ripening of strawberry fruit, including the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA), epigenetic modifications, and transcription factors. In a previous study, the transcription factor Ripening Inducing Factor […]
Miao & Jahn et al. generated and screened a large CRISPRi-based library of Synechocystis in 11 different growth conditions to reveal growth-robustness tradeoffs and to discover genes with condition specific importance and additional functions. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad208 By Rui Miao1, Michael Jahn1,2, and Elton P. Hudson1 1School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life […]
Wang et al. investigate cotton fiber secondary cell wall biosynthesis in Gossypium hirsutum. The Plant Cell (2023). By Yao Wang and Xue-Bao Li Background: Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) produces natural fibers (unicellular trichomes) on the seed, making it a valuable crop for the worldwide textile industry. Cotton fibers possess a unique secondary cell wall (SCW) that […]
Prall et al. explore how post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA mediated by methylation at the N6 position of adenine affects plants preparedness and reactivity to pathogen stress. Wil Prall and Brian Gregory, University of Pennsylvania Department of Biology Background: To determine how plants respond to bacterial and fungal pathogens, researchers are interested in analyzing the transcriptome, […]