
PB19 Scavenger hunt!
Blog, The Plant CellThis year marks the 30th anniversary of The Plant Cell journal!
There are 15 posters with cover images hanging at the convention center.
To participate in our scavenger hunt, visit each of the posters. There are two options to complete the scavenger hunt. You may enter both. After you visit each of…

Resistance on Tap: PDR Transporters Direct Antimicrobial Metabolites Towards Invading Pathogens
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefIn Arabidopsis thaliana and related species within the Mustard family (Brassicaceae), the tryptophan (trp)-derived antimicrobial metabolite camalexin (3-thiazol-2-yl-indole) plays a central role in defense against bacterial, fungal, and oomycete pathogens. Upon pathogen attack, cytochrome P450 monooxygenases…

Part of the Stack; How Does a Protein Know its Place?
Research, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellParsons et al. successfully separate early to late Golgi cisternae to reveal the sequential localization of resident proteins and the sequence features that guide transmembrane proteins within the Golgi stack. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00081
By Harriet T. Parsons (University of Cambridge)…

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!...