Barreling down the Chloroplast Highway: Protein Sorting of Outer-Membrane β-Barrel Proteins
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefModern-day chloroplasts are the descendants of a photosynthetic cyanobacterium that took up residence inside the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell. Since this initial cohabitation agreement, the cyanobacterial endosymbiont has dumped most of its genome into the host eukaryotic genome. This creates an engineering…
A Maize Mutant Modifier Links Development and Defense
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAnderson et al. identify a second site modifier that rescues a maize developmental mutant and report that it encodes a homolog of Arabidopsis ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE4, providing insight into the integration of developmental control and immune responses. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00840
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Celebrating the Plant Cell's 30th Anniversary at Plant Biology 2019
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsThis page is a collection of news, information, and events about the Plant Cell's 30th anniversary, or #ThePlantCELLebration30!...
The Plant CELLebration: Poster collection!
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsHappy 30th Birthday to The Plant Cell! Here are a few of the many images that have graced our cover over the past years...
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Yanrong You
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesYanrong You, first author of LEUNIG_HOMOLOG Mediates MYC2-Dependent Transcriptional Activation in Cooperation with the Coactivators HAC1 and MED25
Current Position: Ph.D. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Education: Ph.D. in Developmental…
Review: Formal description of plant morphogenesis (J Exp Bot) ($)
Plant Science Research WeeklyIn recent years, a number of tools have been developed to describe and model plant morphogenesis, and these approaches have greatly informed our understanding of the molecular processes that underpin the control of growth. This excellent review by Pałubicki et al. is “an attempt to bring together…
Update. GMO-free RNAi: exogenous application of RNA molecules in plants (Plant Physiol)
Plant Science Research WeeklyCriticism of transgenic plants and GMOs motivates research into effective GMO-free RNA delivery methods. In this review, Dalakouras et al. discuss different strategies for exogenous application of RNA molecules (dsRNAs, siRNAs) into plants to trigger RNA interference (RNAi) against various targets, such…
Recognition of sequence-divergent CIF peptides by the plant receptor kinases GSO1/SGN3 and GSO2 (bioRxiv)
Plant Science Research WeeklySCHENGEN 3 [SGN3, also known as GASSHO1 (GSO1)] is a leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase (LRR-RK) previously shown to interact with CIF peptides (CASPARIAN STRIP INTEGRITY FACTORS) to regulate the development of the Casparian strip boundary in roots. Here, Okuda et al. characterize the CIF/LRR-RK interaction.…
Structural basis for recognition of RALF peptides by LRX proteins during pollen tube growth (bioRxiv)
Plant Science Research WeeklyRALFs (Rapid Alkalinization Factors, based on historical observations that they induce alkalization of the extracellular space) are signaling peptides with diverse roles. RALF4 is required for pollen tube growth and guidance through its interactions with CrRLK1Ls and leucine-rich extension (LRX) proteins.…