I Get by With a Little Help From a Friend
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKlasek, Inoue, and Theg show how the chloroplast chaperonin Cpn60 binds Plastidic type I signal peptidase 1 in the chloroplast stroma and delivers it to the cpSecI translocon for targeting to the thylakoid membrane. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00309
By Laura Klasek, University of California,…
Changing the Shape of the Apex via Cell-size Regulation
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. demonstrate that Arabidopsis SAUR17 promotes apical hook development and closed cotyledons in the dark by protecting the cell-expansion inhibitor PP2C-D1. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00283
By Jiajun Wang, Ning Sun, Fangfang Zhang, Renbo Yu, Haodong Chen,…
Designing Drought Resistant Crops for Temperate Climates
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTöpfer et al. created a combined leaf metabolism/gas exchange model to predict water saving and productivity in temperate climates. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00132
By Nadine Töpfera and R. George Ratcliffeb
.....a Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben,…
Designer for Pollen Wall Surface Pattern Formation
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellH. Li et al. identified and characterized a new genetic factor that controls grass-specific pollen wall pattern formation in rice. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00551
By HuanJun Li, Yu-Jin Kim and Wanqi Liang
Background: Pollen, the male gametophyte in flowering plants, is…
SUMOylation and the Regulation of Aluminum Resistance
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFang and Zhang et al. show that SUMOylation and deSUMOylation regulate the stability of a transcription factor, thereby influencing aluminum resistance in Arabidopsis. Descriptive paragraph. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00687
Background: Aluminum (Al) is a primary constraint for crop…
LACCASE8: An Important Component of a Gene Toolkit for Engineering C-lignin in Crops
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. uncover the role of Laccase8 from the model system Cleome hassleriana in initiating C-lignin polymerization. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00598
By Xin Wanga,b,, Chunliu Zhuoa,c, and Richard A. Dixona
aUniversity of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #311428,…
Persulfidation of ATG4 negatively regulates autophagy
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAna M. Laureano-Marín, Ángeles Aroca, et al. explore the role of persulfidation in the regulation of autophagy. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00766
by Cecilia Gotor, Ana M. Laureano-Marín, Ángeles Aroca
Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones…
Getting to the Root of Plant Morphometrics, one DEEP Picture at a Time
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHüther et al. develop a new pipeline to extract phenotypic traits from plant pictures with minimal supervision from the user. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00318
By Patrick Hüther, Niklas Schandry, Katharina Jandrasits, Ilja Bezrukov and Claude Becker
Background: To understand…
Surprise –salicylic acid receptors can do so much!
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. investigate the diverse roles of the salicylic acid receptors NPR1, NPR3 and NPR4 in local and long-range plant immunity. The Plant Cell (2020). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00499
By Yanan Liu1,2, Tongjun Sun2,3 and Yuelin Zhang2 (1 College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural…