A Toolkit for Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation in Plants
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellIn a systematic multi-lab study, Arora et al. apply a variety of proximity-dependent biotin labelling approaches using several different plant systems and bait proteins, to demonstrate its wide applicability for the plant community. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00235.
Background: Protein-protein…
How do Chromosomes Evolve via Unstable Intermediates?
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYalin Liu, Handong Su, Jing Zhang, et al. explore centromere birth and death by inducing rearrangements via pollen irradiation in maize. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00389
Background: The centromere is one of the most important components of chromosomes. Every normal chromosome has one…
Plant Metabolic Redox Dynamics–Live!
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSteinbeck et al. investigate in vivo NAD redox dynamics in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00241
By Janina Steinbeck and Markus Schwarzländer
Background: All organisms rely on their cellular metabolism to live, develop, grow, and procreate. Metabolism provides the energy,…
A Geminivirus Exploits the Host Machinery to Inhibit Methylation-mediated Defense Responses
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen et al. uncover a strategy used by a DNA geminivirus to exploit the host machinery in order to inhibit methylation-mediated defense responses when establishing infection. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00249.
Background: Geminiviruses belong to one of the largest and most…
Chemical labeling of proteins in live plant cells
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellIwatate et al. demonstrate that SNAP-tag technology can be used to label plant cell proteins.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00439
By Ryu J. Iwatatea,b, Akira Yoshinaria, Noriyoshi Yagia, Wolf B. Frommera,c, and Masayoshi Nakamuraa
a Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM),…
The role of arabinogalactans in plant development
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLópez-Hernández et al. reveal that arabinogalactans function in calcium signaling from outside to inside the cell.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00027
Federico López Hernández and Paul Dupree
University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge,…
Chilling Lessons from Sugar Beets: Switching Sources
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRodrigues et al. found that the source and sink identities of sugar beet shoots vs. taproots are switched upon vernalization (chilling) due to a cold-induced reversal of the phloem stream. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00072
By Cristina Martins Rodriguesa, Christina Müdsamb and Benjamin…
Oryza sativa RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6 modulates rice meiosis
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. connect small RNA biogenesis and meiotic recombination by examining RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6. The Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00213
By Changzhen Liu, Yi Shen and Zhukuan Cheng
Background: Meiosis is a specialized cell division that takes place in sexually…
Back to the Roots of Plant Immunity
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRich-Griffin et al. uncover cell type-specific gene networks that function in plant immunity in Arabidopsis roots. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00154
By Charlotte Rich-Griffin1, Ruth Eichmann1,2, Sascha Ott3,4,5 & Patrick Schäfer1,2
1School of Life Sciences,…