A new player links ABA biosynthesis and signaling with seed dormancy
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. identify new connections between known regulators of seed dormancy, acting through modulation of ABA biosynthesis and signaling. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00026
By Fei Liu and Yong Xiang, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome…
Copy Number Variations in the Arabidopsis Genome
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellŻmieńko et al. generate a catalog of large copy number variations in Arabidopsis, shedding light on the genetic basis of phenotypic variation. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00640
By Agnieszka Żmieńko and Marek Figlerowicz, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences,…
How Light Activates the Plant Circadian Clock
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. discover how members of the photosensory-signaling pathway orchestrate circadian clock gene expression to regulate plant responses to daily changes in the light environment. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00981
Background: Plants use an endogenous time-keeping mechanism known…
CDGK1 maintains class I meiotic recombination precursors
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNibau et al. explore the role of a cyclin-dependent kinase in meiosis.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00942
By Candida Nibau, Andrew Lloyd, Dylan Phillips and John Doonan
IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK
Background: Cyclin-dependent kinases are involved in many cellular…
Top 5 Articles of The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology in 2019 Based on Altmetric Scores
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, PLANT BIOLOGY COMMUNITY! What a year 2019 was! So many wonderful things happened. ASPB hosted another successful Plant Biology meeting in San Jose, CA. We spent the year celebrating The Plant Cell's 30th anniversary (check…
The γ-tubulin complex protein GCP6 in crucial for spindle morphogenesis but not essential for microtubule reorganization in Arabidopsis (OA)
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During cell division, cells require to form mitotic spindle and these mitotic spindles are basically newly formed microtubules. The formation of new microtubules depends on γ-tubulin. Along with 5 GPCs (γ-tubulin protein complex), γ-tubulin form γTuRC (γ-tubulin ring complex) and it facilitates…
A membrane-bound cellulase in time and space
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNagashima et al. investigate molecular mechanisms for the sorting of a membrane protein KORRIGAN 1 (KOR1) in plant cells.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00714
By Y. Nagashima1, and H. Koiwa1,2
1Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center and Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas…
A Key Upstream Regulator of the Iron Homeostasis Regulatory Network
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGao et al. identify a transcription factor that regulates the expression of the large majority of genes involved in the iron homeostasis regulatory cascade. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00541
By Fei Gao, Florence Vignols, and Christian Dubos
BPMP, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, SupAgro,…
An Improved Recombineering Toolset for Plants
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBrumos and Zhao et al. developed an improved set of genetic tools to make precise sequence modifications in large DNA fragments and used them to tag hundreds of plant genes, including those involved in auxin production. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00431
By Javier Brumos, Anna Stepanova,…