Plant Biology

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1. 1. Plant Biology

   Natural variation in salt-induced changes in root:shoot ratio reveals SR3G as a negative regulator of root suberization and salt resilience in Arabidopsis

   Maryam Rahmati Ishka, Hayley Sussman ... Magdalena M Julkowska
2. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
   2. Plant Biology

   Molecular dynamics simulations illuminate the role of sequence context in the ELF3-PrD-based temperature sensing mechanism in plants

   Richard J Lindsay, Rafael Giordano Viegas ... Sonya M Hanson
3. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Plant Biology

   Root cap cell corpse clearance limits microbial colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana

   Nyasha Charura, Ernesto Llamas ... Alga Zuccaro

   Programmed cell death during plant development (dPCD) is crucial for Arabidopsis thaliana root defense, limiting microbial invasion and maintaining a balanced relationship with beneficial microbes.
4. 1. Plant Biology

   Molecular Matchmakers: Phytoplasma Effector SAP54 Targets MADS-Box Factor SVP to Enhance Attraction of Fecund Female Vectors by Modulating Leaf Responses to Male Presence

   Zigmunds Orlovskis, Archana Singh ... Saskia A Hogenhout
5. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Autophagosome development and chloroplast segmentation occur synchronously for piecemeal degradation of chloroplasts

   Masanori Izumi, Sakuya Nakamura ... Shinya Hagihara

   A plant autophagy pathway transports chloroplast stroma and envelope components into the vacuole through the division and encapsulation of the site of chloroplasts that is associated with developing autophagosome.
6. 1. Plant Biology

   Structural basis for molecular assembly of fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins in a diatom photosystem I supercomplex

   Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima ... Ryo Nagao

   The molecular mechanisms of FCPI assembly and selective binding are revealed through comparison of PSI-FCPI structures in two diatom species.
7. 1. Plant Biology

   Interdependence of plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics of a kinase and its cognate substrate underlies Arabidopsis response to viral infection

   Marie-Dominique Jolivet, Anne-Flore Deroubaix ... Véronique Germain
8. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Root-specific theanine metabolism and regulation at the single-cell level in tea plants (Camellia sinensis)

   Shijia Lin, Yiwen Zhang ... Zhaoliang Zhang

   A single-cell RNA sequencing reveals cell heterogeneity of secondary metabolism in tea plant root and a proposed model in which the theanine biosynthesis pathway occurs via multicellular compartmentation.
9. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   ATG6 interacting with NPR1 increases Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to Pst DC3000/avrRps4 by increasing its nuclear accumulation and stability

   Baihong Zhang, Shuqin Huang ... Wenli Chen
10. 1. Plant Biology

    Pectin methylesterase activity is required for RALF1 peptide signalling output

    Ann-Kathrin Rößling, Kai Dünser ... Jürgen Kleine-Vehn

    The methylation status of pectin acts as a critical signalling scaffold for RALF peptides, linking extracellular matrix dynamics to peptide hormone-mediated regulation of plant root growth.