Plant Biology

Single-nucleus transcriptome analyses uncover a dynamic transcriptional landscape of soybean roots in response to soybean cyst nematode infection

1. Pan-Pan Bai
2. Xin-Ye Jia
3. Luying Chen
4. Yatao Han
5. Shaojie Han
6. Lin Weng
7. Xianzhong Feng

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A plant immune receptor mediates tritrophic interactions by linking caterpillar detection to predator recruitment

1. Natalia Guayazán Palacios
2. Patrick Grof-Tisza
3. Brian Behnken
4. Carla Marques Arce
5. Di Wu
6. Antonio F. Chaparro
7. Eric A. Schmelz
8. Ted C.J. Turlings
9. Betty Benrey
10. Adam D. Steinbrenner

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The nucleus follows an internal cellular scale during polarized root hair cell development

1. Jessica M. Orr
2. M. Arif Ashraf

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Short heat shock factor A2 confers heat sensitivity in Arabidopsis: Insights into heat resistance and growth balance

1. Wanxia Chen
2. Jiaqi Zhao
3. Zhanxia Tao
4. Shan Zhang
5. Xiujuan Bei
6. Wen Lu
7. Xiaoting Qi

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  eLife Assessment

  The paper reports valuable findings about the mechanism of regulation of the heat shock response in plants that acts as a brake to prevent hyperactivation of the stress response, which have theoretical or practical implications for a subfield. The study presented by the authors provides solid methods, data, and analysis that broadly support the claims. This report presents helpful information regarding new spliced HSFs forms in Arabidopsis that highlights key information in the understanding of heat stress and plant growth.

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An increase of NPY1 expression leads to inhibitory phosphorylation of PIN-FORMED (PIN) proteins and suppression of pinoid (pid) null mutants

1. Michael Mudgett
2. Zhouxin Shen
3. Ruofan Kang
4. Xinhua Dai
5. Steve Briggs
6. Yunde Zhao

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  eLife Assessment

  This valuable study concerns a highly interesting and biologically relevant topic, the regulation of the PIN auxin transporter, which is of broad interest to the plant biology community. The authors propose NPY1 to act downstream of PID in auxin-mediated development by modulating PIN phosphorylation, which, if experimentally solidified, would expand our understanding of PIN regulation. While the genetic evidence is solid, the mechanistic role of NPY1 and the functional relevance of phosphorylated PIN residues are still uncertain. There are also concerns regarding experimental rigor and methodological transparency.

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Rice stripe virus utilizes an Laodelphax striatellus salivary carbonic anhydrase to facilitate plant infection by direct molecular interaction

1. Jing Zhao
2. Xiangyi Meng
3. Jie Yang
4. Rongxiang Fang
5. Yan Huo
6. Lili Zhang

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  eLife Assessment

  This study presents a useful set of experiments to explore how a salivary protein might facilitate planthopper-transmitted rice stripe virus infection by interfering with callose deposition and if fully validated, these findings would significantly advance our understanding of tripartite virus-vector-plant interactions and could be of broad interest to plant science research. The authors provide additional data supporting protein-protein interactions and clarify the transient presence of LssaCA in plants. However, the mechanistic framework remains incomplete, particularly regarding the temporal dynamics of callose function and the sustained effect of LssaCA after virus inoculation. Evidence for the tripartite interaction's functional relevance is still limited, and several critical phenotypic and biochemical details require further substantiation.

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A copper-dependent, redox-based hydrogen peroxide perception in plants

1. Nobuaki Ishihama
2. Yohta Fukuda
3. Yumiko Shirano
4. Kaori Takizawa
5. Ryoko Hiroyama
6. Kazuhiro J. Fujimoto
7. Hiroki Ito
8. Mayumi Nishimura
9. Takeshi Yanai
10. Tsuyoshi Inoue
11. Ken Shirasu
12. Anuphon Laohavisit

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Rapid evolution of gene expression patterns in flowering plants

1. Christoph Schuster
2. Alexander Gabel
3. Hajk-Georg Drost
4. Ivo Grosse
5. Ottoline Leyser
6. Elliot M. Meyerowitz

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The 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylase ROS1 antagonizes parent-of-origin specific DNA methylation in Arabidopsis endosperm

1. Elizabeth A. Hemenway
2. Mary Gehring

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Molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes within intact spinach chloroplasts

1. Wojciech Wietrzynski
2. Lorenz Lamm
3. William HJ Wood
4. Matina-Jasemi Loukeri
5. Lorna Malone
6. Tingying Peng
7. Matthew P Johnson
8. Benjamin D Engel

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  eLife Assessment

  The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this study reveals the native thylakoid architecture of spinach thylakoid membranes with single-molecule precision. The experimental methods are unique and compelling, providing important information for understanding the structural features that impact photosynthetic regulation in vascular plants and addressing several long-standing questions about the organization and regulation of photosynthesis.

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