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:…
Ion channels regulate nitrogen–potassium balance
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. reveal that anion channel SLAH3 forms complexes with potassium channels GORK and SKOR to modulate membrane potential via coordinating nitrogen–potassium balance.
By Beibei Liu and Kai He
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life…
Elucidating elicitin recognition
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen et al. explore the recognition of Phytophthora effectors in Nicotiana benthamiana and the conservation of these responses in the Solanaceae
Background: Plant pathogens employ effectors as weapons to invade and colonize plant tissue. To counteract these effectors, plants have developed surveillance…
Vacuole formation in the female gametophyte
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHu and Yu et al. demonstrate that BIN2-VLG module regulates vacuole formation in female gametophyte.
By Li-Qin Hu, Shi-Xia Yu, and Wen-Hui Lin
Background: In Arabidopsis, the development of the female gametophyte (FG) within the ovule is essential for plant reproduction and seed yield. Formation…