Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Nikolay Manavski
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesNikolay Manavski, co-first author of An RNA-chaperone-like protein plays critical roles in chloroplast mRNA stability and translation in Arabidopsis and maize
Current Position: Postdoc at IBMP-CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Education: Diploma and PhD in Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Plant…
Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Xin Chai
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesXin Chai, co-first author of An RNA-chaperone-like protein plays critical roles in chloroplast mRNA stability and translation in Arabidopsis and maize
Current position: Ph.D. student, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Education: Ph.D.…
Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Jingjing Jiang
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesJingjing Jiang, co-first author of An RNA-chaperone-like protein plays critical roles in chloroplast mRNA stability and translation in Arabidopsis and maize
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education: Ph.D., Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy…
The Surprisingly Similar Glycomes of Maize and Arabidopsis Golgi
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellOkekeogbu et al. compare the glycomes and proteomes of the Golgi in grasses and dicots, finding that the differences in cell wall architecture are not reflected in differences between polysaccharides produced in the Golgi. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00755
Background: Grasses and other…
Plant Cells Shed Membrane-Bound Bubbles that Are Packed with Tiny RNA Molecules
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBaldrich et al. identified membrane vesicles with tiny RNAs The Plant Cell (2019). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00872
By Roger Innes
Background: All cells are defined by an outer membrane, which is made up of a lipid bilayer. Most cells shed small bubbles of membrane called extracellular vesicles…
Getting to Know Each Cell in an Arabidopsis Root
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJean-Baptiste et al. use single-cell transcriptomic profiling to map developmental trajectories and assess cell-type specific changes during heat shock, demonstrating that single-cell transcriptomics holds promise for studying plant development and plant physiology at unprecedented resolution. Plant…
How Plants Activate Drought-Responsive Genes
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. study a complex that regulates gene expression during drought stress. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00437
By Shuang Li, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin, Vincent L. Chiang, and Wei Li
Background: Plants may become drought tolerant by activating specific drought-responsive…
Metabolite to Gene: A High-Resolution Resource for Maize
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhou et al. provide a resource for structural and functional assignment of the many unknown maize metabolites. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00772
Background: Plants defend themselves against herbivores and pathogens by producing a myriad of specialized metabolites. This physiological…
OsSHI1 shapes plant architecture in rice
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDuan et al. explore the mechanism underlying plant architecture establishment in rice. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00023
By Erchao Duan, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Background: Rice is a major crop consumed by more than half of the world’s population. The…