Martial Sankar, Kaisa Nieminen ... Christian S Hardtke
Combining high-resolution imaging with automated image segmentation and supervised machine learning achieves accurate cellular feature extraction and automated cell type recognition in a large-scale developmental process.
Shigeyuki Tanaka, Thomas Brefort ... Regine Kahmann
A fungal effector secreted by the corn smut pathogen increases the virulence of the pathogen by elevating anthocyanin production and reducing lignification in maize.
Erik Wijnker, Geo Velikkakam James ... Korbinian Schneeberger
A comprehensive and genome-wide description of the genomic make-up and frequency of meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals regional preferences, including nucleosome-free regions, and two associated recombination motifs.
Andrea Sánchez-Vallet, Raspudin Saleem-Batcha ... Jeroen R Mesters
Structural and biochemical analysis of a protein called Ecp6, which is produced by a tomato fungus, reveals how the protein prevents plants from launching an immune response to the chitin in fungal cell walls.