Gene Expression Map of the Arabidopsis Stem
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellShi et al. provide a high-resolution gene expression map of the Arabidopsis stem. The Plant Cell (2021) http://bit.ly/3pgWm4G
By Dongbo Shi and Thomas Greb
Bckground: Multicellular organisms are usually built of numerous different tissues with very special functions. These functions depend…
ZmABI19 Takes Center Stage during Maize Grain Filling and Development
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang and colleagues set out to untangle the network of transcription factors controlling O2 expression during maize seed development
By Tao Yang and Yongrui Wu, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology…
Neolignans: treasure shields in seeds
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKeiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Masaomi Yamamura et al. identify factors that play essential roles in the biosynthesis of seed-coat protective neolignans. Plant Cell. http://bit.ly/3mseqae
By Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara and Kazuki Saito,
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Background: Neolignans…
Small Cells, Big Impact: RNA-Protein Complexes in a Cyanobacterium
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRiediger et al. investigate the RNA-protein complexome of a photosynthetic cyanobacterium. The Plant Cell. https://bit.ly/3njpBn4
By Matthias Riediger and Wolfgang R. Hess
Background: Cyanobacteria are a unique group of bacteria with the ability to perform plant-like photosynthesis. Like their…
Transport-coupled ubiquitination of BOR1
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYoshinari et al. demonstrate that boron-dependent poly-ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of BOR1 is coupled with its boron transport activity. Plant Cell https://bit.ly/2JYEooF
By Akira Yoshinari
Background: Abundance and activity of nutrient transporters are continuously tuned to both…
Gene expression signatures during leaf development
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMartinez et al. use laser capture microdissection and transcriptomic sequencing to explore how gene expression patterns regulate early morphogenesis of the compound tomato leaf. https://bit.ly/3nehiZu
By Ciera Martinez, University of California, Berkeley
Neelima Sinha, University of California,…
The Complex Process of Plant Innate Immunity
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. demonstrate that EIJ1 acts as a key repressor of plant immunity. Plant Cell. https://bit.ly/37MF1tg
By Hailun Liu, Yuge Li and Xingliang Hou, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Background: Plants have evolved a complicated network to modulate the immune response.…
How Plant Cells Shape Spindles during Division
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHerrmann et al. uncover the role of KINESIN-12E in the rapid alignment of chromosomes during cell division. The Plant Cell (2020) https://bit.ly/3lCfIzf
By Arvid Herrmann
Howards Hughes Medical Institute at University of Texas at Austin, Sabine Müller, Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University…
Repressor of Endosperm Formation in Rice
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTonosaki et al. explore how the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 component EMBRYONIC FLOWER2a represses rice endosperm development both before and after fertilization. The Plant Cell (2020) https://bit.ly/33DQdqW
By Kaoru Tonosaki and Tetsu Kinoshita
Iwate University and Yokohama City University
Background:…