Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Hyoujin Kim
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesHyoujin Kim, co-first author of SHORTROOT-Mediated Intercellular Signals Coordinate Phloem Development in Arabidopsis Roots
Current Position: combined Masters and Doctoral course student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Education: B.Sc. Genetic engineering, University of Kyung-Hee,…
Telling Footprints: Exon Junction Complexes Mark Targets of Nonsense- and miRNA-Mediated mRNA Decay
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefRNA degradation mechanisms control the quality and quantity of mRNAs and are crucial for plant cell viability. The major pathways for RNA degradation involve 5’-3’ or 3’-5’ exonucleolytic cleavage by exoribonucleases or the exosome complex, respectively, whereas targets of miRNAs are cleaved…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Marie-Christin Baune
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesMarie-Christin Baune, first author of The Arabidopsis Plastidial Glucose-6-phosphate Transporter GPT1 is Dually Targeted to Peroxisomes via the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher at German Institute of Food Technology
Education: BSc and MSc in Plant Biotechnology from…
SUMO reins in an overactive cell cycle
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLin et al. investigate how SUMOylation of a ribosomal protein affects cell size-mediated cell cycle control in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00301
By Yen-Ling Lin1,2,3 and Su-Chiung Fang1,2
1Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan,…
The Rules of Attachment: REC8 Cohesin Connects Chromatin Architecture and Recombination Machinery in Meiosis
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefDuring cell division, accurate tethering and release of newly replicated sister chromatids is essential for ensuring that each daughter cell receives a full set of chromosomes. To accomplish this, cells use cohesins that act as the “chromosomal glue”. These cohesins are a group of ring-shaped protein…
CDGK1 maintains class I meiotic recombination precursors
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNibau et al. explore the role of a cyclin-dependent kinase in meiosis.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00942
By Candida Nibau, Andrew Lloyd, Dylan Phillips and John Doonan
IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK
Background: Cyclin-dependent kinases are involved in many cellular…
Viral proteins activate autophagy
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellIsmayil et al. identify a virus that activates autophagy and reveal the underlying mechanism.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00759
By Asigul Ismayil, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences,…
Pol IV Function is Differentially Essential within the Brassicaceae
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefAt least five RNA polymerases (Pol I to Pol V) are known to exist in plant cells. Pol IV produces short transcripts that are converted into double-stranded RNAs by RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 2 (RDR2) and processed into 24-nucleotide (nt) small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) by DICER-LIKE 3 (DCL3). These…
Attacking the front and the rear – the elaborate control of reactive oxygen species production
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKimura et al. reveal how phosphorylation of a key enzyme activates reactive oxygen species production. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00525
Sachie Kimuraa,b, Michael Wrzaczeka
aOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological…