Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Chiara Baccolini
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesChiara Baccolini, first author of AMP and GMP Catabolism in Arabidopsis Converge on Xanthosine which Is Degraded by a Nucleoside Hydrolase Heterocomplex
Current Position: PhD student, Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants, Institute of Plant Nutrition, Leibniz University Hannover
Education:…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Melissa Roth
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesMelissa Roth, first author of Regulation of Oxygenic Photosynthesis during Trophic Transitions in the Green Alga Chromochloris zofingiensis
Current Position: Assistant Researcher, Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Education: PhD, Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San…
How Cotton Protects its Chitinase from a Fungal Protease
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHan et al. demonstrate that a cotton secretory protein CRR1 protects cotton Chitinase 28 from cleavage by a pathogen serine protease, VdSSEP1. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00390. By Li-Bo Han, Jun Liu and Gui-Xian Xia
Background: The apoplast is an extracellular space in plant tissues.…
The Battlefield in the Rice Apoplast
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang et al. show how rice recognizes a Magnaporthe oryzae chitinase to trigger immune responses to this fungal pathogen. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00382
By Chao Yang and Jun Liu
Background: Plants, like us, have an immune system that protects them from the majority of pathogen…
Seed Shattering in Rice
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJiang et al. identified a genetic factor regulating seed shattering in rice. The Plant Cell (2019). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00304
By Liyun Jiang and Lubin Tan
Background: ‘Seed shatter’ refers to the release of mature seeds from their mother plants, which allows offspring dispersal in…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first author: Yalu Wang
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesYalu Wang, first author of Nitrate modulates the differentiation of root distal stem cells
Current Position: PhD candidate, State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, China
Education: B.S., College of Biological Sciences,…
Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q) Biosynthesis in Plants: Free that Ring
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSoubeyrand et al. use genetic and biochemical evidence to show that Arabidopsis and tomato can derive the ubiquinone precursor 4-hydroxybenzoate from the B-ring of kaempferol. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00688.
By Eric Soubeyrand, Timothy S. Johnson, and Scott Latimer, University…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Thiago Alexandre Moraes
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesThiago Alexandre Moraes, first author of Response of the circadian clock and diel starch turnover to one day of low light or low CO2
Name: Thiago Alexandre Moraes
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Education: PhD…
Enzymatic Sweeteners as Tools for Biotech Applications
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLouveau et al. investigate plant natural products in the large family of enzymes called arabinosyltransferases https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00641
Background: Plants produce a diverse array of natural products. These compounds have important ecological functions, providing protection against pests,…