Metabolome divergence during maize domestication
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellXu et al. identify metabolites targeted by selection during maize domestication.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00111
By Guanghui Xu
State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, National Maize Improvement Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of…
Senescence: the genetics behind stay-green corn
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefSenescence results from two ineluctable laws of nature: every living entity will eventually die and when it does, nothing will be lost, as everything will be recycled. At the organism level, senescence is an integral part of the plant life cycle, under strict age-dependent genetic control. This dismantlement…
RST1 regulates vacuolar trafficking
Research, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhao et al. identify RESURRECTION 1 as a suppressor of free1 that negatively regulates endomembrane trafficking.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00003
By Qiong Zhao
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Background: Plants have an evolutionarily conserved endomembrane system, which…
Barreling down the Chloroplast Highway: Protein Sorting of Outer-Membrane β-Barrel Proteins
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefModern-day chloroplasts are the descendants of a photosynthetic cyanobacterium that took up residence inside the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell. Since this initial cohabitation agreement, the cyanobacterial endosymbiont has dumped most of its genome into the host eukaryotic genome. This creates an engineering…
A Maize Mutant Modifier Links Development and Defense
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAnderson et al. identify a second site modifier that rescues a maize developmental mutant and report that it encodes a homolog of Arabidopsis ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE4, providing insight into the integration of developmental control and immune responses. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00840
By…
Celebrating the Plant Cell's 30th Anniversary at Plant Biology 2019
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsThis page is a collection of news, information, and events about the Plant Cell's 30th anniversary, or #ThePlantCELLebration30!...
The Plant CELLebration: Poster collection!
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsHappy 30th Birthday to The Plant Cell! Here are a few of the many images that have graced our cover over the past years...
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Yanrong You
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesYanrong You, first author of LEUNIG_HOMOLOG Mediates MYC2-Dependent Transcriptional Activation in Cooperation with the Coactivators HAC1 and MED25
Current Position: Ph.D. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Education: Ph.D. in Developmental…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Tina Schreier
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesTina Schreier, first author of LIKE SEX4 1 acts as a β-amylase-binding scaffold on starch granules during starch degradation
Current Position: SNF Early Postdoc Mobility Fellow in the group of Prof. Julian Hibberd, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Education: PhD in Plant Biochemistry…