A role for auxin in flag leaf angle in rice
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAuthor et al. Huang et al. investigate the roles of auxin in flag leaf angle regulation. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab175
Guoqiang Huang
Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, SJTU-University of Adelaide…
ROS inhibit nitrate signaling
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChu 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: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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…
Pectate lyases prune pectin to potentiate stomatal dynamics
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen 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…
A new layer of pectin regulation for pollen tube growth
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHou 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: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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 …
Discovering a consequence for the circular permutation of concanavalin A
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNonis 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…
Ferredoxins: Putting the Ring in Chlorophyll
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellStuart 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…