Meng-Qi Feng: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesMeng-Qi Feng, first author of "miR171-targeted SCARECROW-LIKE genes CsSCL2 and CsSCL3 regulate somatic embryogenesis in citrus"
Current Position: Ph.D, National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural…
Green means go: Green light and hypocotyl elongation
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHao et al. explore the role of green light in plant growth and development.
By Yuhan Hao, Hongtao Liu
National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai,…
The Plant Cell is accepting applications for Assistant Features Editors
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsAre you an early career researcher passionate about plants, writing, and science communication? The Plant Cell is accepting applications for new Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) for 2024. AFEs provide a valuable service to the journal, our authors, and the scientific community. In return, AFEs join…
Xuesong Zhou Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesXuesong Zhou, first author of "Carotenoid sequestration protein FIBRILLIN participates in CmOR-regulated β-carotene accumulation in melon"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University.
Education:
Ph.D.…
Top-tier transcription factor AtNLP2: When nitrogen meets carbon and energy
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDurand et al. explore the role of an NLP transcription factor in the plant nitrate response.
By Mickaël Durand 1,2,3 and Anne Krapp1
1 Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, 78000, Versailles, France
2 Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267, EBI Ecologie…
Defining the repertoire of fungal effector proteins deployed during plant infection
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYan et al. explore the changes in gene expression that take place during rice blast disease.
By Xia Yan and Nick Talbot from The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Background: The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes a devastating disease that threatens global rice (Oryza sativa) production, destroying…
Plant Cell Webinar: RNA Biology (Part 2)
Blog, Plantae Presents, Plantae Webinars, Research, The Plant CellPlant Cell Webinar: RNA Biology (Part 2)
Celebrating the June 2023 Focus Issue on RNA Biology
Recorded Wednesday, June 28, 2023
About This Webinar
If DNA is the playbook of life, then RNA, in all its forms, is the company of actors that brings life into being. RNA is likely the original organic…
A Raf-like MAP kinase kinase kinase regulates purinergic receptor-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKim et al. explore how extracellular ATP recognition triggers the innate immune response.
By Daewon Kim1, Dongqin Chen1,3, Nagib Ahsan2,4,5, Gabriel Lemes Jorge2, Jay J. Thelen2 and Gary Stacey1,2,*
1Division of Plant Science and Technology, C.S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri,…
Regeneration finds a new friend
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBisht et al. Identify key factors in wound-activated regenerative cell division.
Jefri Heyman1,2 and Lieven De Veylder1,2
1Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium.
2VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium.
Background:…