Plant leaf apoplast: an easy method to estimate its hydration state and contents
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchBy Maria Grazia Annunziata
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
The plant leaf apoplast is composed of all extracellular compartments beyond the plasmalemma and is filled with gas, water and cell wall elements (Sattelmacher, 2000). The apoplast is involved…
Alternative Splicing in Plants: Retain or Remove?
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellShih et al. investigate red light-triggered pre-mRNA splicing in Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell (2019) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00314
By Chueh-Ju Shih and Shih-Long Tu
Background: Light is important for plant growth and development. Plants have developed various types of photoreceptors…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Charlotte Noelle Miller
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesCharlotte Noelle Miller, first author of Variation in expression of the HECT E3 ligase UPL3 modulates LEC2 levels, seed size and crop yield in Brassica napus
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Education: BSc, MSc, PhD
Non-scientific interests: My main passion outside of science is music. In…
Mitochondrial dynamics for pollen development
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchAuthor: Masanori Izumi
Affiliation: Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8578, Japan
Mitochondria are active organelles that move rapidly, change shape and undergo repeated fusion and fission (Frederick and Shaw, 2007; Tilokani et al., 2018).…
ALIX helps to open the pore
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGarcía-León et al. reveal a function for a trafficking protein in stomatal aperture regulation.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00399
By Marta García-León and Vicente Rubio
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC) Darwin, 3. 28049 Madrid, Spain
Background: Plants protect…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Ivan Reyna-Llorens
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesIvan Reyna-Llorens, co-first author of Genome-wide transcription factor binding in leaves from C3 and C4 grasses
Current Position: Post Doctoral Research Associate in the group of Prof. Julian Hibberd, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Education: PhD in Plant Sciences, University…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Steven Burgess
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesSteven Burgess, co-first author of Genome-wide transcription factor binding in leaves from C3 and C4 grasses
Current Position: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Education: 2011 PhD Imperial College London, UK,…
Review: Developmental thermal responses in Arabidopsis (Plant Physiol.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlants can modify their growth in response to environmental challenges. In a recent review, Vu et al. summarize the molecular mechanisms underlying high temperature responses during the Arabidopsis life cycle. At early stages, high temperature promotes abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis and decreases gibberellic…
Review: Developmental responses to water and salinity in root systems ($) (Annu Rev Cell Biol)
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlants lack organs that are analogous to human ears, eyes or fingertips, yet they can detect changes in their environment. In this review, Dinneny describes how sensing heterogeneities in salt and water leads to changes in root architecture, optimizing soil foraging. The root tip typically follows the…