Plant Science Research Weekly

A weekly plant science research roundup curated and summarized by our Plantae Editors and Fellows

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January 22, 2021/by Mary Williams

Review: Molecular mechanisms involved in functional macroevolution of plant transcription factors (New Phytol)

Transcription factors (TFs) are very important actors through which evolution can operate. In every organism and system studied, starting with the seminal work of Jacob and Monod, they’ve been shown to be potent regulatory proteins. Here, Romani and Moreno review the contributions of plant transcription…

January 22, 2021/by Mary Williams

Review: The genetic control of succulent leaf development (COPB)

Succulence provides plants with the ability to store water and is therefore commonly associated with…

January 22, 2021/by Toluwase Olukayode

The Arabidopsis NOT4A E3 ligase promotes PGR3 expression and regulates chloroplast translation (Nature Comms)

Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) domain containing proteins are nuclear encoded with functions in the chloroplast,…

January 22, 2021/by Pavithran Narayanan

Cold translation: Ribosome-mediated translation inhibition senses cold stress in plants (bioRxiv)

A drop in ambient temperature adversely affects plant growth and development. While the primary molecular…

January 22, 2021/by Yadukrishnan Premachandran

BONZAIs emerge as nodal regulators of osmotic stress responses (Curr. Biol.)

Plants launch their response to osmotic stress with a sudden spike in cytosolic Ca2+ levels, which subsequently…

January 22, 2021/by Sarah Courbier

Ethylene response factors 15 and 16 trigger jasmonate biosynthesis in tomato during herbivore resistance (Plant Physiol)

Crop damage and yield losses caused by herbivores have become major threats to global food security.…

January 22, 2021/by Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra

Seed enhancement technologies to improve germination and emergence of Australian native Poaceae (Seed Sci. Res.)

One of the most significant limitations in seed-based restoration projects is that some native species…

January 15, 2021/by Mary Williams

Horizontal genome transfer by cell-to-cell travel of whole organelles (Sci. Advances)

Textbooks tell us that eukaryotic cells acquired first mitochondria and later plastids through assimilation…

January 15, 2021/by Mary Williams

Evidence for phloem loading via the abaxial bundle sheath cells in maize leaves (Plant Cell)

Every student knows that in a C4 plant like maize, photosynthetic carbohydrates are synthesized in the…

January 15, 2021/by Toluwase Olukayode

Single-cell RNA sequencing of developing maize ears facilitates functional analysis and trait candidate gene discovery (Devel. Cell)

The maize ear has a complex morphology consisting of a series of meristems that are organized into cell…

January 15, 2021/by Sunita Pathak

The PB1 domain-containing protein PB1CP negatively regulates the NADPH oxidase RBOHD in plant immunity (bioRxiv)

Plants produces ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) as an immune response against infection. ROS induces additional…

January 15, 2021/by Michela Osnato

Regulation of shoot meristem shape by photoperiodic signaling and phytohormones during floral induction of Arabidopsis (eLife)

Angiosperms synchronize the floral transition with optimal internal and external conditions such…

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Plant Science Research Weekly

RECENT SUMMARIES

Review: Molecular mechanisms involved in functional macroevolution of plant transcription factors (New Phytol)

Review: The genetic control of succulent leaf development (COPB)

The Arabidopsis NOT4A E3 ligase promotes PGR3 expression and regulates chloroplast translation (Nature Comms)

Cold translation: Ribosome-mediated translation inhibition senses cold stress in plants (bioRxiv)

BONZAIs emerge as nodal regulators of osmotic stress responses (Curr. Biol.)

Ethylene response factors 15 and 16 trigger jasmonate biosynthesis in tomato during herbivore resistance (Plant Physiol)

Seed enhancement technologies to improve germination and emergence of Australian native Poaceae (Seed Sci. Res.)

Horizontal genome transfer by cell-to-cell travel of whole organelles (Sci. Advances)

Evidence for phloem loading via the abaxial bundle sheath cells in maize leaves (Plant Cell)

Single-cell RNA sequencing of developing maize ears facilitates functional analysis and trait candidate gene discovery (Devel. Cell)

The PB1 domain-containing protein PB1CP negatively regulates the NADPH oxidase RBOHD in plant immunity (bioRxiv)

Regulation of shoot meristem shape by photoperiodic signaling and phytohormones during floral induction of Arabidopsis (eLife)

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