Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Alyssa Anderson
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesAlyssa Anderson, first author of The second site modifier, Sympathy for the ligule, encodes a homolog of Arabidopsis ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE4 and rescues the liguleless narrow maize mutant
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
Education: PhD, University of California,…
Immunity-growth Trade-off in Plants
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJing et al. reveal how danger-associated peptides inhibit root growth in plants in response to pathogen attack. Plant Cell (2018) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00145.
Background: Plants defend themselves against pathogens and pests through an innate immune system that is activated by pathogen-associated…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Vítor Amorim-Silva
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesVítor Amorim-Silva, first author of TTL proteins scaffold brassinosteroid signaling components at the plasma membrane to optimize signal transduction in Arabidopsis
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, IHSM-UMA-CSIC, University of Málaga, Spain
Education: PhD in Plant Biology, University…
State of (in)flux: Action of a CNGC Ca2+ channel in defense against herbivory
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefPlants have evolved highly sophisticated signalling systems that enable them to coordinate growth and development and respond rapidly to environmental fluctuations. These long-range signals can take the form of mobile small molecules such as phytohormones and RNAs, but can also be electrical signals…
Regulation and Function of a Plant Energy Sensor
Research, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRamon et al. show how plants have modified the ancient, highly conserved eukaryotic energy sensor to better fit their unique lifestyle and cope with changing environmental conditions. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00500
By Nathalie Crepin and Filip Rolland, KU Leuven, Belgium
Background:…
Gene redundancy: is it also redundant in the "real world"?
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellIllouz-Eliaz et al. report that GA receptor genes that appear redundant under controlled climate conditions have unique roles under field conditions. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00235
By Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, Uria Ramon, Hagai Shohat, Shula Blum, Sivan Livne, Dvir Mendelson and David…
Unearthing Root Growth Dynamics Through 3-D Time-lapse Imaging
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefPlants blindly probe the soil for ever-changing pockets of water and nutrients and continuously adjust their root system architecture (RSA) accordingly. Whether they invest more energy in growing existing roots or sending out new lateral roots depends on both genetic programs and environmental factors.…
Plant Calcium Channels Perceive the Hungry Caterpillar
Research, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMeena et al. identify a Ca2+ channel involved in herbivory recognition.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00057
By Mukesh Kumar Meena, Ramgopal Prajapati, Deepthi Krishna and Jyothilakshmi Vadassery are from National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India
Background:…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Gang Chen
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesGang Chen, co-first author of Transcriptional repression of the APC/C activators CCS52A1/A2 by the Mediator complex subunit MED16 controls endoreduplication and cell growth in Arabidopsis
Current Position: Lecturer, College of Life Sciences and Resource Environment, Yichun University, China
Education:…