Category: The Plant Cell

Melissa Roth, first author of Regulation of Oxygenic Photosynthesis during Trophic Transitions in the Green Alga Chromochloris zofingiensis Current Position: Assistant Researcher, Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley Education: PhD, Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San…

Han et al. demonstrate that a cotton secretory protein CRR1 protects cotton Chitinase 28 from cleavage by a pathogen serine protease, VdSSEP1. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00390.  By Li-Bo Han, Jun Liu and Gui-Xian Xia  Background: The apoplast is an extracellular space in plant tissues.…

Yang et al. show how rice recognizes a Magnaporthe oryzae chitinase to trigger immune responses to this fungal pathogen. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00382   By Chao Yang and Jun Liu Background:  Plants, like us, have an immune system that protects them from the majority of pathogen…

Jiang et al. identified a genetic factor regulating seed shattering in rice. The Plant Cell (2019). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00304 By Liyun Jiang and Lubin Tan Background: ‘Seed shatter’ refers to the release of mature seeds from their mother plants, which allows offspring dispersal in…

Soubeyrand et al. use genetic and biochemical evidence to show that Arabidopsis and tomato can derive the ubiquinone precursor 4-hydroxybenzoate from the B-ring of kaempferol. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00688.   By Eric Soubeyrand, Timothy S. Johnson, and Scott Latimer, University…

Louveau et al. investigate plant natural products in the large family of enzymes called arabinosyltransferases https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00641  Background: Plants produce a diverse array of natural products. These compounds have important ecological functions, providing protection against pests,…

Sun et al. use CRISPR/Cas9 in Petunia to establish the essential role of SLF proteins in self-compatibility and reveal their complex interactions with S-RNases. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00615. By Linhan Sun and Teh-hui Kao, The Pennsylvania State University  Background: Plant…

Meng Ye, first author of Molecular dissection of early defense signaling underlying volatile-mediated defense regulation and herbivore resistance in rice Current Position: Associate Professor in Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Education: PhD in Entomology (2016),…