Plant Biology

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1. 1. Plant Biology

   Computational modelling of cambium activity provides a regulatory framework for simulating radial plant growth

   Ivan Lebovka, Bruno Hay Mele ... Thomas Greb
2. 1. Plant Biology

   RPG acts as a central determinant for infectosome formation and cellular polarization during intracellular rhizobial infections

   Beatrice Lace, Chao Su ... Thomas Ott

   Infectosomes enabling polar progression of infection threads in legume roots require the symbioisis-related RPG protein that functions as an organizer of these structures.
3. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   The circadian clock controls temporal and spatial patterns of floral development in sunflower

   Carine M Marshall, Veronica L Thompson ... Stacey L Harmer

   The circadian clock acts with light response pathways to tightly synchronize daily rhythms in maturation of hundreds of florets in sunflower, promoting timely visits by pollinators and creating ring-like patterns on developing heads.
4. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Floral Maturation: How the sunflower gets its rings

   Young-Joon Park, Pil Joon Seo

   The circadian clock may help to control the development patterns which allow the florets on a sunflower head to go through their final stages of maturation at precisely the right time.
5. 1. Plant Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Structure of Dunaliella photosystem II reveals conformational flexibility of stacked and unstacked supercomplexes

   Ido Caspy, Maria Fadeeva ... Nathan Nelson

   Photosystem II, the pigment-protein complex responsible for water oxidation in photosynthesis, was found to exist in two different core conformations with altered antennae connectivity.
6. 1. Plant Biology

   Mimicking genuine drought responses using a high throughput plate assay

   Stephen Gonzalez, Joseph Swift ... Joseph R. Ecker
7. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Plant Biology

   Vernalization-triggered expression of the antisense transcript COOLAIR is mediated by CBF genes

   Myeongjune Jeon, Goowon Jeong ... Ilha Lee
8. 1. Physics of Living Systems
   2. Plant Biology

   Seed Dispersal: Deciding when to move

   Lauren Sullivan

   Dandelion seeds respond to wet weather by closing their plumes, which reduces dispersal when wind conditions are poor.
9. 1. Physics of Living Systems
   2. Plant Biology

   Environmental morphing enables informed dispersal of the dandelion diaspore

   Madeleine Seale, Oleksandr Zhdanov ... Naomi Nakayama

   The dandelion diaspore changes its shape depending on the moisture levels in the air, and this morphing enhances the dispersal potential of the seeds regardless of the weather conditions.
10. 1. Developmental Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    Opposite polarity programs regulate asymmetric subsidiary cell divisions in grasses

    Dan Zhang, Roxane P Spiegelhalder ... Michael T Raissig

    The formation of stomatal 'helper cells' (=subsidiary cells) in grasses requires two opposing polarity domains with diverse roles in establishing division asymmetry.