Parking the phragmoplast: division site positioning via cortical telophase microtubules
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBellinger and Uyehara et al. characterize a population of microtubules that contribute to division site positioning.
By Aimee N. Uyehara1 and Carolyn G. Rasmussen1
1Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California,…
Cell differentiation in the tapetum
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWu et al. investigate tapetum differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell (2023).
By Yue Lou
Background: The tapetum is the innermost layer of the four cell-layered anther wall. In Arabidopsis, the tapetum undergoes cell differentiation and transitions into secretory cells. Most nutrients…
Green means go: Green light and hypocotyl elongation
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHao et al. explore the role of green light in plant growth and development.
By Yuhan Hao, Hongtao Liu
National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai,…
Top-tier transcription factor AtNLP2: When nitrogen meets carbon and energy
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDurand et al. explore the role of an NLP transcription factor in the plant nitrate response.
By Mickaël Durand 1,2,3 and Anne Krapp1
1 Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, 78000, Versailles, France
2 Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267, EBI Ecologie…
Defining the repertoire of fungal effector proteins deployed during plant infection
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYan et al. explore the changes in gene expression that take place during rice blast disease.
By Xia Yan and Nick Talbot from The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Background: The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes a devastating disease that threatens global rice (Oryza sativa) production, destroying…
A Raf-like MAP kinase kinase kinase regulates purinergic receptor-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKim et al. explore how extracellular ATP recognition triggers the innate immune response.
By Daewon Kim1, Dongqin Chen1,3, Nagib Ahsan2,4,5, Gabriel Lemes Jorge2, Jay J. Thelen2 and Gary Stacey1,2,*
1Division of Plant Science and Technology, C.S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri,…
Regeneration finds a new friend
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBisht et al. Identify key factors in wound-activated regenerative cell division.
Jefri Heyman1,2 and Lieven De Veylder1,2
1Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium.
2VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium.
Background:…
Ion channels regulate nitrogen–potassium balance
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. reveal that anion channel SLAH3 forms complexes with potassium channels GORK and SKOR to modulate membrane potential via coordinating nitrogen–potassium balance.
By Beibei Liu and Kai He
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life…
Elucidating elicitin recognition
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen et al. explore the recognition of Phytophthora effectors in Nicotiana benthamiana and the conservation of these responses in the Solanaceae
Background: Plant pathogens employ effectors as weapons to invade and colonize plant tissue. To counteract these effectors, plants have developed surveillance…