HDT family histone deacetylases are nucleoplasmins
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBobde, Kumar, and Vasudevan explore the properties of a family of predicted histone deactetlyases, finding them to function as nucleoplasmins. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac275
Ruchir C. Bobde, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha - 751023, India; Ashish Kumar, Department of Molecular…
A cellular transporter controlling the uptake, effectiveness and side effects of chemicals that prime plant immunity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTao et al. identify the transporter for beta amino acids that induce priming in plants. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac271
By Jurriaan Ton & Chia-Nan Tao, University of Sheffield
Background: Specific chemicals can induce long-lasting disease resistance in plants. These chemicals act by…
Getting rid of noise in sequencing data
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKlasfeld, Roulé, and Wagner develop a user-friendly tool to get rid of artifacts in chromatin immunoprecipitation data. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac282
Doris Wagner, Samantha Klasfeld and Thomas Roulé
Background Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) and other…
Co-transcriptional processing of microRNA precursors
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellStepien et al. explore how an auxiliary U1 snRNP protein interacts with RNA polymerase II to regulate co-transcriptional processing of microRNAs. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac278
Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-stranded, usually 21-nt-long, RNAs that regulate basic developmental processes…
Leaving the boundary behind to make a new branch
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNicolas et al. explore the mechanisms regulating CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON expression in axillary meristem initiation. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac269
Antoine Nicolasa,b and Patrick Laufsa
a Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000, Versailles,…
Less is more against drought in wheat
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMei, Chen, Mao and colleagues harness the power of GWAS to identify gain-of-function allele of TaDTG6-B, which directly activates TaPIF1 transcription and ameliorates drought tolerance. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac248
Background: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is produced in arid and semi‐arid…
A Lightclub in the nucleus: protein liaisons optimizing plant photo-responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFang et al. investigate how TZP modulates Arabidopsis seedling growth in response to red light and long days. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac236
By Weiwei Fang and Eirini Kaiserli, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Background: Plants sense, respond and adapt to the environment by changing…
Improving cotton with strigolactones
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang, Tian, et al. examine strigolactone signaling in cotton fiber development https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac270
Guanghui Xiao and Yuzhou Zhang
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, Yangling,…
Identification of a plant receptor required for cell-to-cell reactive oxygen signaling
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFichman et al. identify a key player linking reactive oxygen species and calcium signals (but not electric signals) during responses to light stress. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac241
Yosef Fichman and Ron Mittler
Division of Plant Sciences and Technology, College of Agriculture Food and Natural…