To Golgi and Beyond!
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefThe Golgi apparatus is the central sorting station of the eukaryotic secretory pathway. Protein and lipid cargoes are received at its cis face from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and may undergo various modifications including glycosylation before being trafficked onwards from the trans face to their…
Alternative Splicing in Plants: Retain or Remove?
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellShih et al. investigate red light-triggered pre-mRNA splicing in Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell (2019) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00314
By Chueh-Ju Shih and Shih-Long Tu
Background: Light is important for plant growth and development. Plants have developed various types of photoreceptors…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Charlotte Noelle Miller
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesCharlotte Noelle Miller, first author of Variation in expression of the HECT E3 ligase UPL3 modulates LEC2 levels, seed size and crop yield in Brassica napus
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Education: BSc, MSc, PhD
Non-scientific interests: My main passion outside of science is music. In…
ALIX helps to open the pore
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGarcía-León et al. reveal a function for a trafficking protein in stomatal aperture regulation.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00399
By Marta García-León and Vicente Rubio
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC) Darwin, 3. 28049 Madrid, Spain
Background: Plants protect…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Ivan Reyna-Llorens
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesIvan Reyna-Llorens, co-first author of Genome-wide transcription factor binding in leaves from C3 and C4 grasses
Current Position: Post Doctoral Research Associate in the group of Prof. Julian Hibberd, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Education: PhD in Plant Sciences, University…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Steven Burgess
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesSteven Burgess, co-first author of Genome-wide transcription factor binding in leaves from C3 and C4 grasses
Current Position: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Education: 2011 PhD Imperial College London, UK,…
In the Pale Red Light: Control of pre-mRNA Splicing by RRC1 and SFPS
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefPlants have armed themselves with a battalion of photoreceptors to cope with changes in light quantity, quality and direction. Light perception is especially critical when the seedling first emerges from the darkness of the soil and engages the red/far-red light photoreceptors phytochromes (phys). An…
Rubredoxin A Functions in Early Photosystem II Biogenesis
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKiss et al. report that a rubredoxin-like protein conserved in oxygenic phototrophs binds to the D1 protein and facilitates the formation of the D1/D2 heterodimeric reaction center complex of photosystem II. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00155
Background: Photosynthesis is the vital process…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Kevin Cope
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesKevin Cope, first author of The Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Laccaria bicolor Produces Lipochitooligosaccharides and Uses the Common Symbiosis Pathway to Colonize Populus Roots
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Education: Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Biology
Non-scientific Interests:…