Plant Biology

Plant Biology

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    1. Plant Biology

    The rhizobial effector NopT targets Nod factor receptors to regulate symbiosis in Lotus japonicus

    Hanbin Bao, Yanan Wang ... Yangrong Cao
    The rhizobial effector NopT and two Nod factor receptors of Lotus japonicus, NFR1 and NFR5, mutually interact to precisely regulate rhizobial symbiosis.
    1. Plant Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structure of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase from the model microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Théo Le Moigne, Martina Santoni ... Julien Henri
    Crystallography, molecular dynamics simulations, and biochemical analyses of Calvin-Benson-Bassham sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) from the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii identify a redox module that controls oligomeric states for the activation of the enzyme.
    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
    Salt stress disrupts root-shoot growth coordination through SR3G, a negative regulator of salt tolerance, that affects shoot growth, root suberization, and sodium accumulation, revealing new targets for environmental resilience.
    1. Plant Biology

    Molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes within intact spinach chloroplasts

    Wojciech Wietrzynski, Lorenz Lamm ... Benjamin D Engel
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Plant Biology

    Diverse Genotype-by-Weather Interactions in Switchgrass

    Alice H MacQueen, Li Zhang ... Thomas E Juenger
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    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
    ATG6 interacting with NPR1 increases Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to Pst DC3000/avrRps4.
    1. Plant Biology

    Structure-guided secretome analysis of gall-forming microbes offers insights into effector diversity and evolution

    Soham Mukhopadhyay, Muhammad Asim Javed ... Edel Pérez-López
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Plant Biology

    Systems genomics of salinity stress response in rice

    Sonal Gupta, Simon Niels Groen ... Michael D Purugganan
    Insights into the molecular and genetic landscape underlying adaptive salinity stress responses in rice.
    1. Plant Biology
    2. Ecology

    Strip cropping designed for maintaining productivity increases ground beetle biodiversity

    Luuk Croijmans, Fogelina Cuperus ... Erik H Poelman
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    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Plant Biology

    The phytoplasma SAP54 effector acts as a molecular matchmaker for leafhopper vectors by targeting plant MADS-box factor SVP

    Zigmunds Orlovskis, Archana Singh ... Saskia A Hogenhout
    Phytoplasma effector SAP54 hijacks previously unknown MADS-box protein roles in plant-insect interactions by modulating plant biotic stress responses to male leafhoppers and facilitating female attraction and reproduction on male-exposed leaves.
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Highlights

    1. Plant Biology

    Pectin and the plant cell wall

    David Biermann, Sebastian Wolf
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    Looking below the surface in plants

    Rui Wang, Anna A Dobritsa
    1. Plant Biology

    Hitting pause on the cell cycle

    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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