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Despite the perception that plant science focuses on strictly scientific criteria, this analysis finds that there is an aesthetic bias in regards to which plants, based on certain traits, receive more research attention.
A genetic screen identifies the versatile membrane receptor protein FERONIA as a key modulator of rhizosphere Pseudomonas and microbiome composition in Arabidopsis, through the control of basal levels of reactive oxygen species production.
Miscanthus is widely used as a feedstock for cellulosic biofuel production. Genome sequencing shows that M. floridulus is most distantly related to other Miscanthus species and is more genetically diverse.
Iterating mutagenesis and exposure to increasing light dramatically enhanced the light tolerance of a Synechocystis cyanobacterium strain. This involved over 100 mutations grouped around five haplotypes, as well as putative epistatic interactions.
Stomatal development requires asymmetric cell division and cell-fate determination, in which BASL is an essential regulator. The binding partners of BASL are now identified and characterized to reveal the molecular mechanism of cell-fate asymmetry in stomata.
Coffea stenophylla is a recently rediscovered, narrow-leaved wild coffee from Upper West Africa. Rigorous sensory evaluation (tasting) rates its flavour profile as analogous to high-quality Arabica coffee, but it can grow at much higher temperatures.
The light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR) is involved in chlorophyll synthesis and insertion into the thylakoid membrane. Here, a high-resolution structure of membrane-bound LPOR advances the mechanistic understanding of chlorophyll synthesis and thylakoid biogenesis.
Etioplasts are photosynthetically inactive plastids that are converted to chloroplasts under light exposure. To study thylakoid membrane biogenesis, cryo-electron tomography is used to image membranes isolated from etioplasts and reconstruct the architecture of proteins associated with the membrane.
Photosystems need auxiliary proteins to assist their assembly. Cryo-electron microscopy of a cyanobacterial photosystem II assembly intermediate at 2.94 Å reveals mechanisms protecting against photodamage during vulnerable stages of biogenesis.
Using the preserved remains of a short-winged flower beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber, this Article provides some of earliest clues as to the origins of angiosperm pollination.
Engineering over 60 promoter alleles in two tomato fruit size genes showed the complex interactions among cis-regulatory variants in shaping quantitative trait variation. Dissection of this complexity can guide predictable engineering of crop traits.
HIGH CROSSOVER RATE1 (HCR1) represses meiotic crossovers and encodes PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE X1, which therefore has a major role opposing the function of pro-recombination kinases to restrict crossovers in Arabidopsis.
Many genome-wide datasets from various sources are combined to generate an integrative gene regulatory network in Arabidopsis. This network is used to predict and validate new transcriptional regulators of ROS signalling.
The link between rhizosphere microbial community, root architecture and performance in nitrogen-poor soils is comprehensively investigated in maize, and the role of exuded flavone to promote specific beneficial bacterial taxa is characterized.
ABCG56, a cytokinin transporter, plays a role in the establishment of nodulation and nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in the model legume Medicago truncatula.
Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester cyclase catalyses the formation of the isocyclic ring in the synthesis of chlorophyll. Kinetic analyses and mass spectrometry identified intermediates in the reaction.
The perception of immune elicitors induces fast and massive transcriptional reprogramming. A comprehensive analysis of the response to seven molecules uncovers a core danger response and highlights the role of a family of calcium-permeable channels in immunity.
The wheat Pm4 gene conferring race-specific powdery mildew resistance is identified to encode a chimeric kinase-MCTP protein. Its two alternative splice variants interact to form an ER-associated complex and are both essential for resistance function.