Endosperm cellularization and dehydration tolerance in the embryo
Xu, Sato, et al. explore the longstanding mystery of why endosperm cellularization is essential for embryo survival and reveal a connection to dehydration responses.
Background: In most angiosperms, the endosperm initiates as a coenocyte and starts to cellularize after a defined number of nuclear…
Junbei Ni: The Plant Cell First Author
Junbei Ni, first author of "The ethylene-responsive transcription factor PpERF9 represses PpRAP2.4 and PpMYB114 via histone deacetylation to inhibit anthocyanin biosynthesis in pear"
Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University
Education:…
Yongming Chen: The Plant Cell First Author
Yongming Chen, co-first author of “The translational landscape of bread wheat during grain development”
Current Position: Postdoc in China Agricultural University
Education: PhD in China Agricultural University
Interests: Music, Movie
Brief bio: I received my PhD from China Agricultural…
Yiwen Guo: The Plant Cell First Author
Yiwen Guo, co-first author of “The translational landscape of bread wheat during grain development”
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in China Agricultural University
Education: Bachelor, Northeast Forestry University
Interests: Travel, Photography, Reading
Brief bio: During the undergraduate…
Lignin chemistry is fine-tuned on the nanoscale by different combinations of LACCASES
Blaschek et al. explore the spatial control of lignin chemistry.
Leonard Blaschek1 and Edouard Pesquet1,2,3
1 Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
2 Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå…
MtNRT2.1 controls root nodule formation in response to the ambient nitrate concentration
Luo et al. investigate how nitrate transporters direct root nodule formation in a legume.
By Zhenpeng Luo & Fang Xie
CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Background: Nitrogen…
Noriyuki Konishi: The Plant Cell First Author
Noriyuki Konishi, first author of "Polar localization of a rice silicon transporter requires isoleucine at both C- and N-termini as well as positively charged residues"
Current Position:
Assistant professor, Okayama University, Japan
Education:
B.S. (2008-2012) and Ph.D. (2012-2017) in Graduate…
Fabin Yang: The Plant Cell First Author
Fabin Yang, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University
Education: Master’s degree, Qufu Normal University
Non-scientific Interests: Playing basketball…
Jiawei Xiong: The Plant Cell First Author
Jiawei Xiong, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University
Education: Bachelor’s degree, Sichuan Agricultural University
Non-scientific Interests: Reading…