Tag: Development

Scutenaire et al. show that a YTH domain protein acts as a reader of m6A mRNA modifications, thereby playing crucial roles in trichome branching, likely by acting on mRNAs in the cytosol. Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00854 By J. Scutenaire and C. Bousquet-Antonelli Background:…

Arribas-Hernández et al. find that the N6-methyladenosine RNA binding proteins ECT2, ECT3, and ECT4 are required for the correct timing of leaf formation and correct leaf and trichome morphogenesis. Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00833. By Laura Arribas-Hernández Background:…

Guo et al. investigate the trade-off between seed number and seed size of rice. Plant Cell (2018) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00959. By Tao Guo, Ke Chen, Nai-Qian Dong, Chuan-Lin Shi, Wang-Wei Ye, Ji-Ping Gao, Jun-Xiang Shan, Hong-Xuan Lin Background: Rice is one of the main staple cereal crops…

Wang et al. find that EAR1 is a general negative regulator of ABA signaling. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00875 By Kai Wang, Jigang Li and Zhizhong Gong Background: Abscisic acid (ABA) signaling in plants controls many biological processes, such as seed germination, seedling root growth, and…

Guo et al. show that miR9678 affects seed germination in wheat by generating phased siRNAs and modulating abscisic acid/gibberellin signaling. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00842 By Guanghui Guo and Yingyin Yao Background:  Seed germination is important for grain yield and quality…

Akagi et al. identify a gender determining gene in kiwifruit. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00787 By T. Akagi, I. M. Henry, H. Ohtani, T. Morimoto, K. Beppu, I. Kataoka, and R. Tao Background: In flowering plants, hermaphroditism, or the presence of both male and female…

Heng et al. demonstrate a role of OsALMT7-mediated malate transport in panicle development and grain production of rice. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00998 By Yueqin Heng, Chuanyin Wu and Jianmin Wan Background: Rice is a staple food for more than half of the world’s…

Ruan et al. discover a protein module that regulates rice leaf inclination in response to soil Pi availability. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00738 Background: As an essential element for plant growth, phosphorus (P) is taken up by plant roots as inorganic Pi (Pi) from the soil solution.…