Plant Biology

Latest articles

1. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Towards novel herbicide modes of action by inhibiting lysine biosynthesis in plants

   Tatiana P Soares da Costa et al.
2. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Plant Biology

   Repression of CHROMOMETHYLASE 3 prevents epigenetic collateral damage in Arabidopsis

   Ranjith K Papareddy et al.
3. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Plant Biology

   Host-associated microbe PCR (hamPCR) enables convenient measurement of both microbial load and community composition

   Derek S Lundberg et al.
4. 1. Plant Biology

   Two NLR immune receptors acquired high-affinity binding to a fungal effector through convergent evolution of their integrated domain

   Aleksandra Białas et al.

   The HMA domains of Pikp-1 and Pikm-1 NLR receptors have convergently evolved to bind AVR-PikD with high affinity through distinct evolutionary and biochemical paths.
5. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Plant Biology

   Genomic basis for drought resistance in European beech forests threatened by climate change

   Markus Pfenninger et al.

   European beech harbours substantial genetic variation at genomic loci associated with drought resistance and newly identified loci can help to accelerate and monitor adaptation to climate change.
6. 1. Plant Biology

   A hypothesis on the capacity of plant odorant-binding proteins to bind volatile isoprenoids based on in silico evidences

   Deborah Giordano et al.

   It is hypothesized that volatile organic compounds emitted by plants after stress induction may be sensed by neighboring eavesdropping plants using odorant-binding proteins.
7. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Organ geometry channels reproductive cell fate in the Arabidopsis ovule primordium

   Elvira Hernandez-Lagana et al.

   In the Arabidopsis ovule primordium, germinal fate plasticity is coupled to the morphogenetic processes shaping the organ.
8. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Plant Biology

   Bacterial Blooms: The social life of cyanobacteria

   Conrad W Mullineaux, Annegret Wilde

   The cyanobacterium Synechocystis secretes a specific sulphated polysaccharide to form floating cell aggregates.
9. 1. Ecology
   2. Plant Biology

   Genetic variation, environment and demography intersect to shape Arabidopsis defense metabolite variation across Europe

   Ella Katz et al.

   Measurements of specialized metabolites across a population of 800 natural Arabidopsis thaliana accessions revealed different pressures and evolutionary processes that shaped their variation and distribution across Europe.
10. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Plant Biology

    Biosynthesis of a sulfated exopolysaccharide, synechan, and bloom formation in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

    Kaisei Maeda et al.

    A potentially useful cyanobacterial sulfated exopolysaccharide and its biosynthesis and regulation genes, which contribute to the laboratorial bloom formation, are elucidated for the first time among prokaryotes.