Volume 29, Issue 11, November 2017

Linear tetrapyrroles (bilins) are needed for light-dependent greening and for assembly and maintenance of a functional photosynthetic apparatus in the green alga Chlamydomonas.

When confronted with genetic diversity in a pathogen, plant immunity networks coordinate to determine the resistance via dramatic reshaping of the transcriptomic response.

Metabolomics data from two independent Solanum penellii populations cast light on the genetic robustness of primary and secondary metabolite contents in tomato.

Dosage balance sensitivity is the main reason why some genes are preferentially retained after whole-genome multiplications but rarely duplicate through small-scale duplication.

Genes that have been duplicated through whole-genome duplication events show mutual expression patterns in tip-growth tissues and aerial tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana and likely coordinated functional divergence in growth and defense.

Rice flowering depends on formation of transcriptional complexes, some of which act at the shoot apical meristem, whereas others promote or repress the floral transition by acting from the leaves.

Light inhibits the COP1-directed degradation of ICE transcription factors, which act as activators of stomatal development in Arabidopsis.

The Arabidopsis DHFR-TS (dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase) isoform THY3 operates as an inhibitor of its family members, thereby regulating folate and NADPH availability in cells.

A leaf senescence accelerator involving the transcription factor WRKY75, salicylic acid, and H₂O₂ is driven by three interlinking positive feedback loops.

S-nitrosylation of the bacterial effector HopAI1 during plant infection is a nitric oxide-dependent host strategy to disarm the effector activity and reestablish immunity

The E3 ligase ZEITLUPE mediates the clearance of denatured protein aggregates under heat stress conditions, thereby enhancing thermotolerance and the thermal stability of the circadian clock.

MRF family genes encode translation regulatory factors, with functions that are important under energy-deficient conditions, and the TOR signaling pathway modulates MRF expression and functions.

A model that connects guard cell solute and water transport with whole-plant water relations accurately predicts foliar transpiration and stomatal kinetics, and their dependence on relative humidity.