A Brake For Nitrogen Starvation Responses
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKiba et al. focus on transcriptional regulation of nitrogen starvation responses. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00810
By Takatoshi Kiba
Background: Nitrogen availability in the soil profoundly affects plant growth and productivity, and thus crop yield. To meet expanding food demands,…
Gender Identity in Kiwifruit
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAkagi et al. identify a gender determining gene in kiwifruit. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00787
By T. Akagi, I. M. Henry, H. Ohtani, T. Morimoto, K. Beppu, I. Kataoka, and R. Tao
Background: In flowering plants, hermaphroditism, or the presence of both male and female…
A Malate Transporter in Rice Panicles
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHeng et al. demonstrate a role of OsALMT7-mediated malate transport in panicle development and grain production of rice. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00998
By Yueqin Heng, Chuanyin Wu and Jianmin Wan
Background: Rice is a staple food for more than half of the world’s…
Rice Leaf Erectness Tied to Phosphorus Efficiency
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRuan et al. discover a protein module that regulates rice leaf inclination in response to soil Pi availability. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00738
Background: As an essential element for plant growth, phosphorus (P) is taken up by plant roots as inorganic Pi (Pi) from the soil solution.…
A New Player In Plant Respose to Far-red Light
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. discover a protein that interacts with the photoreceptor phyA and plays a role in plant response to far-red light. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00677
By Shaoman Zhang, Cong Li and Jigang Li
Background: Far-red (FR) light, corresponding to 700- to 750- nm wavelengths…
How Plants Generate Circadian Rhythms in Transcription
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMa et al. investigate a protein complex that controls steady-state mRNA circadian oscillations https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00052
By Yuan Ma, Sergio Gil, Klaus D. Grasser and Paloma Mas
Background: Circadian clocks are internal time-keeping mechanisms that help organisms to adapt to the…
B-GATAs Fine Tune Greening
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBastakis et al. investigate control of the greening process in Arabidopsis https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00947.
By Emmanouil Bastakis
Background: The greening of the plants is based on the synthesis and accumulation of the chlorophylls, which takes place in chloroplasts. Chlorophylls capture…
Protein Editing for Multi-Tasking
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZauner et al. investigate the mechanism of protein re-purposing. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00963.
By Florian B. Zauner, Elfriede Dall and Hans Brandstetter
Background: Plants cannot run away from herbivores, drought, or heat. To withstand adverse conditions, plants have…
TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 and Wheat Inflorescence Architecture
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDixon et al. (2018) investigate the regulation of wheat inflorescence architecture by TEOSINTE BRANCHED1. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00961
Background: Grass inflorescences are composed of many seed-producing flowers (or florets) that are arranged on branches called spikelets. The number…