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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…