Small RNAs and nutrient deprivation in Chlamydomonas
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. find a class of small RNAs that might affect algal tolerance to nutritional stress.
Yingshan Li and Heriberto Cerutti - School of Biological Sciences and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588-0666, USA
Background: Noncoding RNAs are not translated…
Magnaporthe oryzae cytoplasmic effector translocation via endocytosis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellOliveira-Garcia et al. investigated Magnaporthe oryzae effector internalization inside rice cells. The Plant Cell (2023)
By Ely Oliveira-Garcia, Nicholas J. Talbot and Barbara Valent
Background: To cause disease in plants, fungal pathogens deliver effector proteins directly into plant cells. Inside…
Two isoforms of ELF3 antagonistically regulate flowering
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang, Li, Liu, Li et al. explore how alternative promoter usage at the ELF3 locus regulates flowering.
By Peng Wang1,2, Yu Li1,2, Zhe Liu1,3, Xuhan Li1, Shaoling Zhang1,2, Juyou Wu1,2,4
1Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm…
Huijie Liu: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesHuijie Liu, co-first author of "N4-acetylation of cytidine in (m)RNA plays essential roles in plants"
Current position: Ph.D. candidate, Nanjing Agricultural University
Education: Master, Hangzhou Normal University
Non-scientific Interests: traveling and watching movies
Brief bio:
In 2022,…
TaGSK3 regulates the Green Revolution Protein Rht-B1b to reduce wheat plant height
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDong, Li, et al. explore the mechanisms regulating a Green Revolution protein that acts to reduce plant height
Huixue Dong1,2,3, Danping Li1,3, Ruizhen Yang1, Lichao Zhang1, Yunwei Zhang1, Xu Liu1, Xiuying Kong1,*, and Jiaqiang Sun1,*
State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding,…
Phosphate uptake in maize
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang, Yuan, et al. explore the regulatory connection between phosphorus nutrient homeostasis and vegetative-reproductive development in maize.
Background: Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. To cope with phosphorus limitation, plants have evolved sophisticated…
A new regulatory module controls chlorophyll catabolism in bananas under high temperature
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWei et al. discover a new transcriptional and post-translational regulatory module, MaBAH1-MaMYB60, that regulates chlorophyll catabolism and green ripening in bananas under high temperature.
By Wei Wei, Yingying Yang, Prakash Lakshmanan, Jianfei Kuang, Wangjin Lu, Xuequn Pang, Jianye Chen and Wei…
Review: CRISPR/Cas-mediated plant genome editing, a decade after implementation
Plant Science Research WeeklyI’ll be honest, I was surprised to see “a decade after implementation” in this title, but indeed, the first publication describing CRISPR/Cas in plants was in 2013. We’ve learned a lot in the past 10 years and the technology provides many opportunities, but challenges remain, both of which are…
Plant Physiology Focus Issue: Fruit Crops
Plant Science Research WeeklyJuly brings delicious fruit harvests in the Northern Hemisphere, and a very special focus issue of Plant Physiology. I particularly like this issue because of the wide variety of species covered, starting with apple, banana, blueberry, cherry, citrus, and so on. It’s a nice departure from our usual…