Yiwen Guo: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBlaschek 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
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLuo 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
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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…
How EXECUTER1 executes chloroplast-to-nucleus signaling in response to singlet oxygen
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. identify the signaling pathway regulated by the chloroplast-localized protein EXECUTER1 in response to singlet oxygen.
Background: In response to developmental and environmental cues such as changing light intensity, plastids/chloroplasts produce and emit signals such as singlet oxygen,…
Truncated organellar C-to-U RNA editing enzyme requires active site complementation
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellToma-Fukai and Sawada et al. provide insight into the activation mechanism of the DYW1-like deaminase.
By Sachiko Toma-Fukai1,2 Mizuki Takenaka3 and Toshiyuki Shimizu1
1 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
2 Present…
Plastid Nucleoside Kinase 1 (PNK1) phosphorylates inosine to inosine monophosphate, involving in the feedback control of purine de novo synthesis in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen et al. identify a nucleoside kinase that is highly conserved in plants and green algae.
By Xiaoguang Chen and Claus-Peter Witte. Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany.
Background: Nucleotides…