Plant Biology

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1. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Epigenetic reprogramming rewires transcription during the alternation of generations in Arabidopsis

   Michael Borg et al.

   Epigenetic reprogramming of the distinct repressive marks H3K27me3 or H3K9me2 guides the transition between the haploid and diploid life forms that encompass the life cycle of land plants.
2. 1. Plant Biology

   A multifaceted analysis reveals two distinct phases of chloroplast biogenesis during de-etiolation in Arabidopsis

   Rosa Pipitone et al.

   Serial-Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy (SBF-SEM) associated with biomolecular analysis show that chloroplast differentiation proceeds by distinct ‘structure establishment’ and ‘chloroplast proliferation’ phases, each with differential protein and lipid regulation.
3. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Plant Biology

   Proximity proteomics in a marine diatom reveals a putative cell surface-to-chloroplast iron trafficking pathway

   Jernej Turnšek et al.
4. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Plant Biology

   The Arabidopsis active demethylase ROS1 cis-regulates defence genes by erasing DNA methylation at promoter-regulatory regions

   Thierry Halter et al.

   Active DNA demethylation at some defence gene promoters is causal for DNA binding of WRKY transcription factors as well as for transcriptional activation of these genes during plant immune response.
5. 1. Plant Biology

   A fungal member of the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere antagonizes Albugo laibachii via a GH25 lysozyme

   Katharina Eitzen et al.

   A basidiomycete yeast closely related to fungal smuts is an antagonistic microbe in the Arabidopsis leaf phyllosphere that inhibits infection by Albugo laibachii via a GH25 hydrolase with lysozyme activity.
6. 1. Plant Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Identification of distinct pH- and zeaxanthin-dependent quenching in LHCSR3 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

   Julianne M Troiano et al.

   Light-harvesting complex stress-related is a protein from photosynthetic green algae that prevents damage from sunlight via two distinct conformational processes, which protect against different timescales of solar fluctuations.
7. 1. Plant Biology

   Temperature-dependent fasciation mutants provide a link between mitochondrial RNA processing and lateral root morphogenesis

   Kurataka Otsuka et al.

   Temperature-dependent fasciation mutants of Arabidopsis unexpectedly connect mitochondrial RNA processing to the control of cell proliferation during lateral root morphogenesis via electron transport chain activity and reactive oxygen species production.
8. 1. Plant Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Enzymes: The two roles of complex III in plants

   Hans-Peter Braun

   Atomic structures of mitochondrial enzyme complexes in plants are shedding light on their multiple functions.
9. 1. Plant Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Atomic structures of respiratory complex III₂, complex IV, and supercomplex III₂-IV from vascular plants

   Maria Maldonado et al.

   The structures of plant CIII2, CIV, and SC III2+IV challenge long-standing assumptions, generate new mechanistic hypotheses and allow for the generation of more selective agricultural inhibitors.
10. 1. Developmental Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    A digital 3D reference atlas reveals cellular growth patterns shaping the Arabidopsis ovule

    Athul Vijayan et al.

    Deep imaging, machine-learning-based segmentation, and tissue annotation resulted in a developmental series of 3D digital ovules with cellular resolution allowing next-level analysis of the ontogenesis of this complex organ.