
Dynamic N1-methyladenosine in plant messenger RNA
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchWei Zhang
ORCID: 0000-0002-5092-643X
Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 1712 Claflin Road, Throckmorton Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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Deposition of different chemical groups onto RNA generates diverse RNA modifications. All types of prokaryotic and…

Stem diameter fluctuations provide a new window into plant water status and function
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchAuthor: Robert Skelton
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Affiliation: South African Environmental Observation Network, Private Bag X7, Claremont, 7735, South Africa
Knowledge of the spatio-temporal dynamics of water storage in plant stems is fundamental to understanding plant physiological function under…

Gaining sugars while sweating, how do leaves regulate their osmolarity?
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchGuillaume Charrier
Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, PIAF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Leaves are specialized for the photosynthetic assimilation of atmospheric carbon, but they also are responsible for the transpiration of water into the atmosphere, as…

The Meaning of an End: N-terminal Acetyltransferase NAA50 Controls Plant Growth and Stress Responses
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchAuthor: Sjon Hartman
ORCID: 0000-0002-6709-6436
Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
At least 80% of eukaryotic proteins are estimated to undergo N-terminal acetylation (NTA), making it likely that your…

A Chloroplast-derived Signal Attenuates Growth in Red Light by Acting on the phyB-PIF Pathway
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchAuthor: David S. Favero1 (ORCID: 0000-0002-6879-0323)
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Affiliation:
1RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
Plant growth and development are regulated by a complex network of signals, many of which converge at the nucleus and…

A novel regulator of stomatal immunity in tomato
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and ViewsBy Marcelo Lattarulo Campos
Integrative Plant Research Laboratory, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá/MT, Brazil.
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6235-5120
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The ability of a pathogen to successfully…

Translational regulation of PHOSPHATE 1 affects shoot phosphate levels and biomass
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchEva Hellmann, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB2 1LR Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Phosphorus (P) is an essential plant nutrient and makes up part of membranes, DNA and RNA; it also serves as energy currency in the form of ATP cycling. It is involved…

Timing is everything: MND1 regulates meristem phase change in barley
Blog, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchLena Maria Müller
Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
0000-0002-6036-4514
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The shoot and inflorescence architecture of grasses are characterized by complex branching patterns, which contribute to the great diversity of this plant clade (Whipple 2017).…

TPLATE complex subunits are recruited simultaneously to the plasma membrane
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchKerri Hunter
Viikki Plant Science Centre, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
ORCID: 0000-0002-2285-6999
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Endocytosis is the process by which extracellular…