Too much of a good thing - nitrate inhibition of nodulation
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNishida, 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…
Ratnesh Chandra Mishra: The Plant Cell
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Ratnesh Chandra Mishra, co-first author of "The 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate proteome links folates with C/N metabolism and reveals feedback regulation of folate biosynthesis"
Current Position: BOF Postdoctoral Fellow at Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University.
Education: PhD…
KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2-dependent signaling in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMizuno et al. show that genes in the KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2-dependent signaling pathway are conserved in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and control early development of the thallus.
Yohei Mizuno and Junko Kyozuka
Background: Plants hormones play crucial roles in growth and development. Karrikins…
Keeping an “i-on” chloroplast gene expression
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDeTar et al. examined whether disruption of ion homeostasis affects plastid gene expression and chloroplast development.
Rachael Ann DeTar and Hans-Henning Kunz both at School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University & Plant Biochemistry at LMU Munich
Background: Proteins that…
Hirokazu Tsukaya: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Hirokazu Tsukaya, first author of "The leaf meristem enigma: The relationship between the plate meristem and the marginal meristem"
Current Position: Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Education: PhD, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Non-scientific…
Sde1A enables axillary meristem formation at the leaf axil boundary
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBy Hernán López and Klaus Theres, Max Planck institute for Plant Breeding Research.
López and colleagues identify the gene mutated in the tomato super determinant (sde) mutant, which affects vegetative shoot branching, but not seed set.
Background:
The degree of shoot branching is an important…
Hyodong Lee: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Hyodong Lee, first author of “Calcium-dependent protein kinase 29 modulates PIN-FORMED polarity and Arabidopsis development via its own phosphorylation code”
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
Education: Bachelor…
NF-YCs mediate plant growth during the dark-to-light transition
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. uncover the roles of NF-YC transcription factors in repressing brassinosteroid biosynthesis and signaling to mediate photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis.
Background: Seedlings, which germinate in the soil, generally undergo rapid hypocotyl elongation to seek light for growth and development.…
Probing actin-mediated root hair development
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChin et al. identify SPIRRIG and SCAR/WAVE as molecular determinants of actin-mediated root hair development in Arabidopsis.
Background: Root hairs are tip growing cells that extend the radius of a root to optimize water and nutrient absorption. Root hair development is complex and involves the…