Let’s stick together – a pectin biosynthetic mutant reveals the interconnectedness of plant cell walls
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefThe plant cell wall is vital for plant survival—it mediates defence against pathogens, provides structural stability and controls growth to produce final plant form. Plant cell walls are composite structures formed mainly from cellulose, hemicelluloses, and pectins, and the interactions of these components…
To form a more perfect union – Auxin orchestrates corolla tube fusion
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDing et al. investigate the developmental genetics of corolla tube formation in monkeyflowers (Mimulus). The Plant Cell (2020). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00471
By Baoqing Ding and Yao-Wu Yuan, University of Connecticut
Background: About one third of all angiosperm species produce…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Chunliu Zhuo
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesChunliu Zhuo, co-first author of Substrate-Specificity of LACCASE 8 Facilitates Polymerization of Caffeyl Alcohol for C-Lignin Biosynthesis in the Seed Coat of Cleome hassleriana
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of North Texas
Education: PhD in Practaculture Sciences…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Xin Wang
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesXin Wang, co-first author of Substrate-Specificity of LACCASE 8 Facilitates Polymerization of Caffeyl Alcohol for C-Lignin Biosynthesis in the Seed Coat of Cleome hassleriana
Current Position: Associate Professor in Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Wuhan, China
Education:…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Angeles Aroca
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesAngeles Aroca, co-first author of Abscisic Acid-Triggered Persulfidation of Cysteine Protease ATG4 Mediates Regulation of Autophagy by Sulfide
Current Position: Marie-Curie postdoctoral researcher at the Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (University of Seville, Spain)
Education: PhD in Biotechnology…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Ana M. Laureano Marín
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesAna M. Laureano Marín, co-first author of Abscisic Acid-Triggered Persulfidation of Cysteine Protease ATG4 Mediates Regulation of Autophagy by Sulfide
Current Position: R&D Project Manager in Fertiberia SA.
Education: PhD in Plant Biochemistry. Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis.…
Plant Polarity at the Single Cell and Tissue Levels
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellCheng et al. demonstrate that a fully functional ROP fluorescent fusion protein marks future polarity sites 1–2 cell cycles ahead of growth. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00440.
By Xiaohang Cheng and Magdalena Bezanilla
Background: Unlike animals, plants can’t simply…
Gains in Grain Yield: A Pair of Spikelets Makes All the Difference, Even When One is Sterile
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMother Nature has a way of keeping seemingly useless structures around millions of years. Such structures are likely to have a use that is not obvious, although they could also be remnants of the evolutionary past without extant function, or non-functional but harmless byproducts of a different adaptive…
Exploring variation in a key maize regulator of floral form
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMaría Jazmín Abraham-Juárez, Amanda Schrager-Lavelle et. al. explore how variation in a key floral regulator affects floral development, downstream gene expression and protein complex assembly in maize. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00300
by Jazmin Abraham-Juarez, Biology Department,…