At the right time and in the right place: WPRs functions in maize stomatal development
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNan et al. examine the localization of key factors in maize stomatal development.
Qiong Nan and Michelle Facette
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
Background: Stomata are small pores on the plant surface that open and close to allow gas exchange––allowing…
Xianpeng Yang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Xianpeng Yang, co-first author of "An ancestral role for 3-KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE3 as a negative regulator of plant cuticular wax synthesis"
Current Position: Lecturer at Shandong Normal University
Education: Ph.D., Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Non-scientific Interests:…
Lilan Hong: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Lilan Hong, co-first author of "Enhancer activation via TCP and HD-ZIP and repression by Dof transcription factors mediate giant cell-specific expression"
Current Position: Principal investigator in Zhejiang University, China
Education: Ph.D., Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese…
Haodong Huang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Haodong Huang, co-first author of "An ancestral role for 3-KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE3 as a negative regulator of plant cuticular wax synthesis"
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Hubei University
Education: Master, Hubei University
Non-scientific Interests: Cooking, Reading, Running
Brief bio:…
Byron Rusnak: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Byron Rusnak, co-first author of "Enhancer activation via TCP and HD-ZIP and repression by Dof transcription factors mediate giant cell-specific expression"
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Education: BS Plant Science from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Currently in the Plant Biology…
A Phytophthora effector targets nuclear transcriptional complexes in plant immunity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellQiu et al. reveal the role of a nuclear Phytophthora effector in suppressing plant immunity via interfering the formation of nuclear transcriptional complex, Plant Cell (2022).
By Xufang Qiu, Liang Kong and Yuanchao Wang
Background: To prevent infection, plants have evolved two layers of immunity,…
The pentatricopeptide repeat PPR-E proteins mediate RNA C-to-U editing by recruiting a cytidine deaminase
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. reveal how the PPR-E proteins function in RNA editing in maize mitochondria.
Yong Wang and Bao-Cai Tan
Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Background:…
News about NUE: How the vacuolar nitrate exchanger CLCa stabilizes water and nitrate status
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHodin et al. explore the function of the vacuolar nitrate transporter CLCA and provide insight on potentially improving nitrogen use efficiency.
Background: Nitrogen is quantitatively the most important inorganic nutrient for plants. Roots mainly take nitrogen up in the form of nitrate (NO3-). Once…
Xia Yan: The Plant Cell Author Profile
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Xia Yan, first author of "The transcriptional landscape of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae reveals distinct families of temporally co-regulated and structurally conserved effectors"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
Education: Zhejiang…