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Alternative splicing orchestrates phosphate signaling and plant growth

Guo et al. demonstrate that alternative splicing of REGULATOR OF LEAF INCLINATION 1 modulates phosphate signaling and plant growth in the face of phosphate deficiency.  By Meina Guo, Wenyuan Ruan, and Keke Yi  Background: Phosphate (Pi) limitation represents a primary constraint on crop production.…

WHITE-CORE RATE 1 regulates grain chalkiness in rice

Wu et al. uncover a mechanism underlying chalkiness, an important grain quality trait in rice. Background: With improved living standards, the demand for better grain quality has become a challenge in rice production areas. Rice chalkiness, i.e., endosperm containing opaque regions, seriously reduces…

Proteomics-based protein complex discovery in the developing rice aleurone-subaleurone

Lee et al. use a co-fractionation mass spectrometry pipeline to predict the compositions of cytosolic protein complexes present during early rice seed development. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab182  Background: Many proteins act as components of multiprotein complexes that…