Plant Science Research Weekly

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

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October 18, 2019/by Suresh Damodaran

A Simple and sensitive SYBR Gold-based assay to quantify DNA-Protein interactions ($) (Plant Molecular Biology)

Gene regulation occurs at multiple levels including transcription. During transcription, transcriptional factors bind to specific target sequence which allows the recruitment of other proteins including RNA polymerase that enables transcription. Understanding such an intricate mechanism allows researchers…

October 18, 2019/by Suresh Damodaran

Fine control of aerenchyma and lateral root development through Aux/IAA- and ARF-dependent auxin signaling ($) (PNAS)

Auxin plays a major role in plant development and can alter the developmental program following the stress…

October 18, 2019/by Suresh Damodaran

Auxin-sensitive AUX/IAA proteins mediate drought tolerance in Arabidopsis by regulating glucosinolates levels ($) (Nature Communication)

Glucosinolates are secondary metabolites synthesized by plants as a defense compound against pathogen…

October 18, 2019/by Suresh Damodaran

Flexibility of intrinsically disordered degrons in AUX/IAA proteins reinforces auxin receptor assemblies ($) (BioRxiv)

Auxin is involved in multiple plant development and stress response which necessitates complexity in…

October 18, 2019/by Suresh Damodaran

Minimal auxin sensing levels in vegetative moss stem cells revealed by a ratiometric reporter$

Auxin plays multiple developmental roles from embryogenesis to seed development. To understand the mechanism…

October 18, 2019/by Suresh Damodaran

Design principles of a minimal auxin response system ($) (BioRxiv)

Auxin signaling components are evolutionarily conserved across the land plants and the duplication events…

October 11, 2019/by Ruijiao Xin

Coordinated regulation of pre-mRNA splicing by the SFPS-RRC1 complex to promote photomorphogenesis ($) (Plant Cell)

Phytochromes are a family of red/far-red light photoreceptors, which positively regulate photomorphogenesis…

October 11, 2019/by Inyup Paik

A phyB-PIF1-SPA1 kinase regulatory complex promotes photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis (OA) (Nature Communications)

CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) is one of the best characterized E3 ubiquitin ligases with broad…

October 11, 2019/by Mugdha Sabale

Ongoing accumulation of plant diversity through habitat connectivity in an 18-year experiment ($) (Science)

During the course of time, we have realized the importance of biodiversity for the maintenance of the…

October 11, 2019/by Arif Ashraf

BZU2/ZmMUTE controls symmetrical division of guard mother cell and specifies neighbor cell fate in maize (OA) (PLOS Genetics)

Stomatal development has been studied thoroughly in the dicot model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, but stomatal…

October 11, 2019/by Mary Williams

Insect herbivory selects for volatile-mediated plant-plant communication ($) (Current Biology)

Plants release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in response to insect herbivory. The potential for VOCs…

October 11, 2019/by Facundo Romani

Auronidins are a previously unreported class of flavonoid pigments that challenge anthocyanin biosynthesis evolved in plants (OA) (PNAS)

Plants produce pigments as a protective strategy against biotic and abiotic stress. In angiosperms, anthocyanins…

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Plant Science Research Weekly

RECENT SUMMARIES

A Simple and sensitive SYBR Gold-based assay to quantify DNA-Protein interactions ($) (Plant Molecular Biology)

Fine control of aerenchyma and lateral root development through Aux/IAA- and ARF-dependent auxin signaling ($) (PNAS)

Auxin-sensitive AUX/IAA proteins mediate drought tolerance in Arabidopsis by regulating glucosinolates levels ($) (Nature Communication)

Flexibility of intrinsically disordered degrons in AUX/IAA proteins reinforces auxin receptor assemblies ($) (BioRxiv)

Minimal auxin sensing levels in vegetative moss stem cells revealed by a ratiometric reporter$

Design principles of a minimal auxin response system ($) (BioRxiv)

Coordinated regulation of pre-mRNA splicing by the SFPS-RRC1 complex to promote photomorphogenesis ($) (Plant Cell)

A phyB-PIF1-SPA1 kinase regulatory complex promotes photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis (OA) (Nature Communications)

Ongoing accumulation of plant diversity through habitat connectivity in an 18-year experiment ($) (Science)

BZU2/ZmMUTE controls symmetrical division of guard mother cell and specifies neighbor cell fate in maize (OA) (PLOS Genetics)

Insect herbivory selects for volatile-mediated plant-plant communication ($) (Current Biology)

Auronidins are a previously unreported class of flavonoid pigments that challenge anthocyanin biosynthesis evolved in plants (OA) (PNAS)

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