Plant Physiology

Abscisic acid (ABA) promotes stomatal closure and inhibits light-induced stomatal opening. An early event in ABA signaling is an influx Ca2+ ions across the plasma membrane and an increase of cytoplasmic calcium ([Ca2+]cyt). ABA-induced stomatal closure involves an outward K+ flux and dynamic vacuolar…

Architectural modifications of plant root systems enable plants to survive adverse conditions. Lateral roots, for example, help anchor the plant in the soil, and facilitate the uptake of water and nutrients from the soil. Auxin is a plant hormone essential to root development including the elongation…

Yuanyuan Zhang, first author of OsATX1 Interacts with Heavy Metal P1B-type ATPases and Affects Cu Transport and Distribution in Rice Current Position: PhD student in the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. Education: PhD in Biochemistry…

By Dario Leister Applications of synthetic biology to photosynthesis currently range from exchanging photosynthetic proteins to the utilization of photosynthesis as a source of electrons for entirely unrelated reactions. Oxygenic photosynthesis is imperfect and the evolutionarily conditioned patchwork…

Rachel Shahan, first author of Consensus co-expression networks provide insights into wild strawberry flower and fruit development Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Biology Department, Duke University Education: PhD in molecular genetics at the University of Maryland (2018), BS in Biology…

Source: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Published: 2018-07-09 http://www.cas.cn/syky/201807/t20180704_4657120.shtml Translation by Google Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on plant cell membranes recognize some of the conserved molecular patterns derived from pathogens that…

Yuanyuan Zhang, first author of An ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR-MYB Transcription Complex Regulates Furaneol Biosynthesis by Activating QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE Expression in Strawberry Current Position: PhD student in the Institute of Fruit Science, Zhejiang University, China; graduating September 2018 Education:…

François Lefèvre, first author of Towards the identification of substrates of ABC transporters Current position: BAEF (Belgian American Educational Foundation) postdoctoral fellow at the Boyce Thompson Institute of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Education: PhD in Biochemistry at the Université…