Vernalization response by a cis-element in the VIN3 promoter and the circadian clock
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKyung, Jeon et al. investigated the nature of the molecular mechanism by which winter cold accelerates flowering and discovered that circadian clock regulators are involved.
By Jinseul Kyung and Myeongjune Jeon; School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
Background:
Appropriate…
Grow less or Grow more, That is the Question
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLongkumer et al. explore how plant growth is regulated during drought.
Paul E. Verslues and Toshisangba Longkumer, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, TAIWAN
Background: Plants can deliberately slow down their growth in response to even a small decrease in water…
A species-specific partial duplicate gene in Arabidopsis thaliana evolved novel morphological effects
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHuang, Chen and colleagues take advantage of a partial duplicated gene to compare the functions of the partial duplicate and its parental copy.
By Yuan Huang, Jiahui Chen, Shengqian Xia and Manyuan Long, Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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An RNA splicing factor regulates temperature-responsive flowering
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChang et al. discover the role of an evolutionarily conserved splicing factor in regulating temperature-responsive flowering in Arabidopsis.
Background: Eukaryotic genes contain non-coding sequences termed introns that intervene between coding sequences. After being transcribed into pre-mRNA, these…
The developmental importance of the DNA damage response in plants
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. found that SOG1, a functional homolog of mammalian p53, protects radicle growth when seeds accumulate DNA damage.
By Jinchao Li and Weiqiang Qian, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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How to Thrive under Stress: Stay True to Your Roots
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGroen et al. investigate the genes and traits under selection when rice experiences drought.
By Simon C. “Niels” Groen a,b and Amelia Henryc
a Institute of Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Nematology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA;
b Center for Genomics…
Isoform specificity in plant COPII gene families
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChang et al. discover the phenotypic consequences of different isoforms of Coat Protein Complex II genes in the moss Physcomitrium patens.
Background: Vesicles that form on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and are bound for the Golgi apparatus are coated in a complex of proteins known as Coat Protein…
PI4P production at the plasma membrane: A giant protein complex for a tiny lipid
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNoack et al. provide insight into the biosynthesis of an important plasma membrane lipid.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab135
Lise Noack and Yvon Jaillais
Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, F-69342,…
High temperature and heredity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJoke De Jaeger-Braet & Arp Schnittger, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
De Jaeger-Braet and colleagues explore the effects of high temperatures on meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis.
Background: One of the hidden,…