A cellular transporter controlling the uptake, effectiveness and side effects of chemicals that prime plant immunity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTao et al. identify the transporter for beta amino acids that induce priming in plants. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac271
By Jurriaan Ton & Chia-Nan Tao, University of Sheffield
Background: Specific chemicals can induce long-lasting disease resistance in plants. These chemicals act by…
Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková: The Plant Cell Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, first author of "SMC5/6 complex-mediated SUMOylation stimulates DNA-protein crosslink repair in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Education:…
Getting rid of noise in sequencing data
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKlasfeld, Roulé, and Wagner develop a user-friendly tool to get rid of artifacts in chromatin immunoprecipitation data. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac282
Doris Wagner, Samantha Klasfeld and Thomas Roulé
Background Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) and other…
Nam V. Hoang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Nam V. Hoang, first author of "The Gynandropsis gynandra genome provides insights into whole-genome duplications and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Cleomaceae"
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Education: PhD in Plant Genomics at The University…
Co-transcriptional processing of microRNA precursors
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellStepien et al. explore how an auxiliary U1 snRNP protein interacts with RNA polymerase II to regulate co-transcriptional processing of microRNAs. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac278
Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-stranded, usually 21-nt-long, RNAs that regulate basic developmental processes…
Linhan Sun: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Linhan Sun, first author of "Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots"
Name: Linhan Sun
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Education: B.S. in…
Leaving the boundary behind to make a new branch
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNicolas et al. explore the mechanisms regulating CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON expression in axillary meristem initiation. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac269
Antoine Nicolasa,b and Patrick Laufsa
a Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000, Versailles,…
Less is more against drought in wheat
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMei, Chen, Mao and colleagues harness the power of GWAS to identify gain-of-function allele of TaDTG6-B, which directly activates TaPIF1 transcription and ameliorates drought tolerance. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac248
Background: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is produced in arid and semi‐arid…
Shreenivas Kumar Singh: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Shreenivas Kumar Singh, first author of "The nuclear effector ArPEC25 from the necrotrophic fungus Ascochyta rabiei targets the chickpea transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulates lignin biosynthesis, increasing host susceptibility"
Current Position: Postdoctoral research fellow in the…