Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Xin-Qiao Du
Xin-Qiao Du, First author of The Transcription Factor MYB59 Regulates K+/NO3- Translocation in the Arabidopsis Response to Low K+ Stress
Current Position: Ph.D, State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Education:…
The Identity of an Unstable Pigmenting Factor
Wittmeyer et al. discover a CACTA element that regulates ufo1 epialleles. Plant Cell (2018) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00546
By Kameron Wittmeyer and Surinder Chopra
Background: A single gene can produce different outcomes depending on when, where, and at what levels it is turned on. A classical…
The Complex Evolution of Desiccation Tolerance
VanBuren et al. examine the evolution of desiccation tolerance in Lindernia. Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00517.
By Robert VanBuren and Dorothea Bartels
Background: Plants have evolved numerous strategies over the last ~400 million years to overcome water limitations. The…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Hao Chen
Hao Chen, first author of Hierarchical Transcription-Factor and Chromatin Binding Network for Wood Formation in Populus trichocarpa
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, USA.
Education: 2011-2017 MS and PhD in Forestry,…
Integrating Coexpression Networks with GWAS
Schaefer et al. integrate co-expression networks from three diverse maize gene expression data sets with genome wide association study data to prioritize genes related to the maize grain ionome. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00299
Background: Genetics examines the relationships between…
More than Ca Signaling - the pH Face of the Ca Coin
Behera et al. show that cytosolic Ca2+ transients induced by different stimuli are linked to cytosolic pH transients. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00655.
By Alex Costa (University of Milan), Richard Morris (John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park), and Markus Schwarzländer (University…
Smashing barriers in biolistic plant transformation
A foundation of modern biotechnology is the ability to stably introduce foreign DNA into an organism. The two most widely used methods, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and biolistics, are both steeped in a rich history of creative exploration into the molecular unknown. Agrobacterium research accelerated…
How a Cyst Nematode Alters Plant Host Gene Expression
Vijayapalani et al. find a sugar beet cyst nematode protein effector that epigenetically regulates plant rRNA gene dosage, which is a crucial requirement to promote cyst nematode parasitism. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00570.
Background: Cyst nematodes are plant-parasitic animals that…
Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Patricia Baldrich
Patricia Baldrich, first author of Plant Extracellular Vesicles Contain Diverse Small RNA Species and Are Enriched in 10 to 17 Nucleotide "Tiny" RNAs
Name: Patricia Baldrich
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Meyers Lab, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Education: PhD in Molecular…