Plant Biology

Plant Biology

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    1. Plant Biology

    Unraveling the role of urea hydrolysis in salt stress response during seed germination and seedling growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Yuanyuan Bu, Xingye Dong ... Shenkui Liu
    Salt stress triggers excessive hydrolysis of arginine-derived urea in Arabidopsis thaliana, raising cytoplasmic pH and inhibiting seed germination and seedling growth, providing new insights into the relationship between seed nitrogen mobilization and seed germination inhibition.
    1. Plant Biology

    Seed Germination: Coping with salt stress

    Xiaoyan Liang, Caifu Jiang
    Salt stress delays seed germination in plants by increasing the hydrolysis of arginine-derived urea.
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    1. Plant Biology

    OsNF-YB7 inactivates OsGLK1 to inhibit chlorophyll biosynthesis in rice embryo

    Zongju Yang, Tianqi Bai ... Chen Chen
    1. Plant Biology

    Systems genomics of salinity stress response in rice

    Sonal Gupta, Simon C Groen ... Michael D Purugganan
    1. Plant Biology

    Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri type III effector PthA4 directs the dynamical expression of a putative citrus carbohydrate-binding protein gene for canker formation

    Xinyu Chen, Huasong Zou ... Xiaojing Fan
    The putative carbohydrate-binding protein gene Cs9g12620 by PthA4-mediated induction of CsLOB1 during Xcc infection.
    1. Plant Biology

    Single-molecule analysis reveals the phosphorylation of FLS2 governs its spatiotemporal dynamics and immunity

    Yaning Cui, Hongping Qian ... Jinxing Lin
    The phosphorylation of FLS2 may activate flg22-triggered immunity by facilitating the partitioning of FLS2 into functional AtRem1.3-associated nanodomains.

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    1. Plant Biology

    Pectin and the plant cell wall

    David Biermann, Sebastian Wolf
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    Thomas Eekhout, Lieven De Veylder

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    University of Freiburg, Germany
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    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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