What plant mitochondria eat: The route of pyruvate to respiration in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLe et al. demonstrate that mitochondria get pyruvate three different ways.
Plant Cell
By X.H. Le, C.P. Lee and A.H. Millar
The University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia
Background: Plants photosynthesise and make starch in the day so that at night they can extract energy from…
Feng Zhu: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Feng Zhu, first author of "Genome-wide association of the metabolic shifts underpinning dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Postdoc at Huazhong Agricultural University and Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie
Education: B.S. in Huazhong Agricultural University;
Ph.D…
Reactive oxygen species homeostasis in rose petals
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. show that a transcription factor module modulates TCA cycle strength and thus reactive oxygen species homeostasis in rose petals. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab152
Background: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are by-products of several primary metabolic pathways and high…
Mingqin Chang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Mingqin Chang, first author of "COPII Sec23 proteins form isoform-specific endoplasmic reticulum exit sites with differential effects on polarized growth"
Current Position: Postdoc scholar at University of California Davis, US
Education: Ph.D University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, US
Non-scientific…
Sydney Duncombe: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Sydney Duncombe, first author of "Super-resolution imaging illuminates new dynamic behaviors of cellulose synthase"
Current Position: PhD student in the Plant Biology program at the Pennsylvania State University.
Education: BS in Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Non-scientific…
EAR domain-containing transcription factors attract PRC2 repression machinery to chromatin
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBaile et al. discover how EAR domain-containing transcription factors recruit the polycomb group complex PRC2 to mediate gene repression in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab139
By Fernando Baile and Myriam Calonje
Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis…
Accuracy matters: What happens when phenotyping errors are non-random?
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhou, Kusmec, Mirnezami et al. reveal how genetically determined measurement bias affects the accuracy of high-throughput phenotyping and genetic analysis. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab134
By Yan Zhou
Iowa State University
Background: The accuracy of trait measurement…
Leonie Hacker: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Leonie Hacker, first author of "The repair of topoisomerase 2 cleavage complexes in Arabidopsis"
Current position: PhD student, Botanical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Education: B.S. and M.S. in Biology, Karlsruhe…
Regulation of protein secretion in tapetal cells
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGoodman et al. uncover the roles of ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) proteins in the exocytosis of plasma membrane and secreted proteins in tapetal cells during pollen development. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab132
By Marisa Otegui
Background:…