Category: The Plant Cell

Chu et al. demonstrate that H2O2 inhibits the nitrate-promoted nuclear localization of NLP7 in plants. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab165 By XiaoQian Chu, Jia-Gang Wang and Ming-Yi Bai Background: Nitrate is both an essential macronutrient for plants and a critical signaling molecule…

Kun Li, first author of "Interactions between SQUAMOSA and SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE MADS-box proteins regulate meristem transitions during wheat spike development" Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. Jorge Dubcovsky lab, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / University of California,…

Zhiming Ma, first author of "Membrane nanodomains modulate formin condensation for actin remodeling in Arabidopsis innate immune responses" Current Position: Postdoc research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.  Education: Ph.D., Nanyang Technological…

Chen et al. uncover the effects of a pectate lyase-like gene on cell wall mechanics and cell pressurization in guard cells. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab161  By Yintong Chen and Charles T. Anderson Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University…

Hou et al. explore the role of the HOPS/CORVET complex in plant reproduction Saiying Hou, Sheng Zhong and Li-Jia Qu State Key Laboratory for Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences at College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic…

Shao-Li Yang, first author of "Misregulation of MYB16 expression causes stomatal cluster formation by disrupting polarity during asymmetric cell divisions" Current Position: Research assistant (RA), Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology (IPMB), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Education:  08/2016-06/2018    …

Nonis et al. explore the circular permutation of the common sugar-binding protein ConA https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab130  by Samuel Nonis and Joshua Mylne* (The University of Western Australia; *,current address, Curtin University)  Background: Jack bean concanavalin A (conA) is a sugar-binding…

Stuart et al. identify the barley Viridis-k gene and assign a specific function for a C-type ferredoxin as the long-sought electron donor for the cyclase enzyme in chlorophyll biosynthesis. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab150 Background: Chlorophyll is the green color of plants. It is made in several…