Molecular Mechanism for the CO-FT Module
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLv et al. investigate the molecular basis for the specific regulation of FT by CONSTANS. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab016
By Xinchen Lv and Jiamu Du
Background: During the floral transition, plants perceive various environmental and endogenous signals to trigger…
The secret arsenal of phytopathogenic fungi
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMartínez-Cruz et al. identify fungal effectors with chitinase activity, which suppress chitin-triggered immunity.
by Jesús Martínez-Cruza,b, Diego Romeroa,b, Jesús Hierrezueloa,b, Michael Thonc, Antonio de Vicentea,b and Alejandro Pérez-Garcíaa,b
aDepartamento de Microbiología, Facultad…
A New Tool for Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWinkler et al. describe a tool to visualize and quantify protein-protein interactions inside Nicotiana benthamiana cells. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab004
Background: Interactions between proteins (protein-protein interactions, PPIs) are an essential aspect of how life…
Chlamydomonas genomics: no longer going it alone
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBy Rory J. Craig, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh
Craig and colleagues report the sequencing and gene annotations of close and more distant relative of the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, an emerging model organism for plant biology.
Background: The single-cell…
Chlamydomonas keeps the rhythm going
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBy Patrice Salomé, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Salomé and Merchant analyze hundreds of RNA-seq samples in the single-cell green alga and discover vast co-expression potential and surprising residual synchronized expression across samples derived from cultures…
The final (algal) frontier: Chlamydomonas enters the age of single cell RNA-seq
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMa, Salomé and colleagues use single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) on the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a proof-of-concept for the application of this method to unicellular algae.
By Patrice A. Salomé, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA*
Background: The sequenced…
Coevolving Chloroplast Proteins
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBy ES Forsythe, AM Williams, DB Sloan, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Forsythe and colleagues measured the rate of variation across thousands of nucleus-encoded and plastid-encoded proteins to then look for evidence of coevolution, suggestive of similar functions…
Pharus genome provides insights into grass evolution
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMa et al. provide numerous insights into how whole-genome duplication contributed to the origin and diversification of the grass family.
By Peng-Fei Ma, Yun-Long Liu and De-Zhu Li
(Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS)
Background: Whole genome duplication (WGD), which may result from an organism…
Highly Diverse Plant Immune Receptors Form a Species-wide Reservoir of New Recognition Specificities
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellPrigozhin and Krasileva identify highly variable NLR subfamilies responsible for the generation of new immune receptor specificities. The Plant Cell (2021)
By Daniil M. Prigozhin1 and Ksenia V. Krasileva2
1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2University of California Berkeley
Background:…