Peng Wang: The Plant Cell First Author
Peng Wang, first author of "Medicago SPX1 and SPX3 regulate phosphate homeostasis, mycorrhizal colonization, and arbuscule degradation"
Current Position: PhD student at laboratory of molecular biology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Education: M.Sc. in Biochemistry and molecular biology,…
OsWRKY53: the messenger for brassinosteroid and MAPK signaling
Tian et al. report a link between classic brassinosteroid signaling and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in regulation of rice architecture and seed size. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab137
By Xiaojie Tian, Mingliang He, Enyang Mei, Baowen Zhang, Jiaqi Tang, Min Xu, Jiali…
Ambre Guillory: The Plant Cell First Author
Ambre Guillory, co-first author of "The Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens PpKAI2L receptors for strigolactones and related compounds function via MAX2-dependent and independent pathways"
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at LIPME (INRAE-CNRS Toulouse)
Education: PhD in Plant Biology,…
Mauricio Lopez-Obando: The Plant Cell First Author
Mauricio Lopez-Obando, co-first author of "The Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens PpKAI2L receptors for strigolactones and related compounds function via MAX2-dependent and independent pathways"
Current Position: Consultant and Vedas CII´s Associated Volunteer.
Education: BSc in chemistry…
Home Delivery for Chloroplast Membrane Proteins
Anderson et al. show how the Arabidopsis protein GET3B acts as a targeting factor for proteins important in chloroplast development. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab145.
By Donna Fernandez and Stacy Anderson, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin…
Stressing the translatome: It is about time
Bonnot and Nagel explore how heat stress affects the circadian-regulated translatome at different times of day.
Titouan Bonnot1 and Dawn H. Nagel1
1Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
Background: The plant circadian clock synchronizes…
Misexpression of a MADS-box gene results in longer glumes and grains in wheat
Adamski et al. reveal that the expression of a MADS-box transcription factor is the basis for a grain phenotype observed in Polish wheat. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab119
By Cristobal Uauy and Nikolai M Adamski
John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
Background:…
Maintaining membrane integrity in the face of abiotic stress
Ruiz-López & Pérez-Sancho et al describe a mechanism that control the homeostasis of diacylglycerol at the plasma membrane in plants after abiotic stress. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab122
Miguel Ángel Botella Mesa – IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Málaga, Spain
Jessica Pérez Sancho…
Too much of a good thing - nitrate inhibition of nodulation
Nishida, Nosaki, et al. explore how nitrate inhibits nodulation through transcription factors. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab103
Hanna Nishidaa, Shohei Nosakia,b,c, Takuya Suzakia,c
aFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
bGraduate…