Combining Forces for Hypocotyl Elongation: Histone Modifications, GA, and the Circadian Clock
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZheng et al. discover proteins that mediate interactions between gibberellins and the circadian clock https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00830
By Han Zheng and Yong Ding
Background: Hypocotyl elongation helps the shoot emerge from the soil surface. The gibberellin (GA) signaling protein RGA inhibits…
Wax Protects Rice from Drought Stress
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. investigate how two proteins work oppositely to regulate wax contents and drought stress response in rice https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00823
By Zhenyu Wang and Qingyun Bu
Background: Rice is a staple food for world populations and its production is threatened by drought stress. Cuticular…
Changing Fates: Brassinosteroids Underlying Yield Potential in Millet
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang et al. reveal a role for brassinosteroids in spikelet and floral meristem fate in Setaria viridis. The Plant Cell (2017) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00816
By Jiani Yang and Andrea L. Eveland
Background: Grass inflorescences show extensive morphological diversity between species, due…
Snapshot of a TF Network in Plants
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. investigate a transcription factor network that transmits environmental signals to regulate secondary metabolism in plants. The Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00805.
By Baohua Li and Daniel Kliebenstein
Background: Plants produce specialized secondary metabolites to survive…
Ribosome Production Under Surveillance
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMaekawa et al. find a ribosome production monitoring system in Arabidopsis thaliana Plant Cell (2017) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00778
By Shugo Maekawa, Tetsuya Ishida, Shuichi Yanagisawa
Background: Protein is produced by ribosomes consisting of a number of proteins and several RNAs (ribosomal…
Roots Respond to Aboveground Far-Red Light
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a Nutshellvan Gelderen and Kang et al. investigate the root response to Far-Red light detection in the shoot. The Plant Cell (2017). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00771
By Kasper van Gelderen and Ronald Pierik
Background: Sunlight is the energy source for plants, however, when plants grow closely together…
The Phytohormone Ethylene and Transcriptional Repression
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. investigate histone deacetylase in the ethylene response. Plant Cell (2017). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00671
By Fan Zhang
Background: Ethylene is the only gaseous hormone in plants, and is a key hormone controlling plant growth and resistance to stress. Epigenetic mechanisms are…
Structure of KDM5 Gives Insight to Histone Demethylation
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang et al. reveal a conserved H3K4me3 recognition mechanism shared by both plant and animal KDM5 histone demethylases. The Plant Cell (2017). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00666
By Z. Yang, Q. Qiu, X. Cao and J. Du
Background: Histone methylation is a conserved gene regulation mechanism in plants…
When Mini Protein Makes Big Fruit
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBollier et al. investigate locule number control in Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato. The Plant Cell 2018 https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00653.
By N. Bollier and M. Hernould
Background: During flower development, production of a defined number of floral organs is due to the determinate fate of floral…