Plant Biology

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1. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Plant Biology

   Epigenetic silencing of a multifunctional plant stress regulator

   Mark Zander et al.
2. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence

   Yibo Dong et al.
3. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Two mechanisms regulate directional cell growth in Arabidopsis lateral roots

   Charlotte Kirchhelle et al.
4. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Plant Biology

   Epimutations are associated with CHROMOMETHYLASE 3-induced de novo DNA methylation

   Jered M Wendte et al.

   Simultaneous targeting of loci by pathways that promote euchromatin and heterochromatin primes transcribed genes for epimutations in the form of CG DNA methylation.
5. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Flavodiiron proteins 1–to-4 function in versatile combinations in O₂ photoreduction in cyanobacteria

   Anita Santana-Sanchez et al.

   In vivo evidence is provided indicating that Flv2/Flv4, together with Flv1/Flv3, mediate O₂ photoreduction downstream of PSI in a highly coordinated manner.
6. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   The GluTR-binding protein is the heme-binding factor for feedback control of glutamyl-tRNA reductase

   Andreas S Richter et al.

   Heme-dependent feedback inhibition of rate-limiting ALA-synthesis of plant tetrapyrrole biosynthesis depends on binding of heme to glutamyl-tRNA reductase-binding protein.
7. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Plant Biology

   Natural depletion of histone H1 in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon activation

   Shengbo He et al.

   Transposon activation during male gametogenesis is caused by interactions between DNA demethylation and linker histone H1, developmental depletion of which promotes pollen fertility.
8. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Live cell imaging of meiosis in Arabidopsis thaliana

   Maria A Prusicki et al.

   Live cell imaging and the in vivo dissection into distinct stages, called landmarks, represents a new methodology for analyzing meiosis in Arabidopsis and likely in other species as well.
9. 1. Plant Biology

   Plant–necrotroph co-transcriptome networks illuminate a metabolic battlefield

   Wei Zhang et al.

   Simultaneously measuring the transcriptomes of both a host plant and fungal pathogen, co-transcriptomics, identified diverse, dynamic and independent communication mechanisms conveying information between the two organisms via discrete gene modules.
10. 1. Plant Biology

    Decoys provide a scalable platform for the identification of plant E3 ubiquitin ligases that regulate circadian function

    Ann Feke et al.

    The F-box and U-box E3 ubiquitin ligase decoy library is a powerful tool for the functional characterization of redundant E3 ubiquitin ligases, like MAC3A and MAC3B, novel circadian clock regulators.