Plant Biology

A new level of RNA-based plant protection - dsRNAs designed from functionally characterized siRNAs highly effective against Cucumber Mosaic Virus

1. Marie Knoblich
2. Torsten Gursinsky
3. Selma Gago-Zachert
4. Claus Weinholdt
5. Jan Grau
6. Sven-Erik Behrens

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Immune signaling induced by plant Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domains is thermostable

1. Héloïse Demont
2. Céline Remblière
3. Laurent Deslandes
4. Maud Bernoux

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OsNF-YB7 inactivates OsGLK1 to inhibit chlorophyll biosynthesis in rice embryo

1. Zongju Yang
2. Tianqi Bai
3. Zhiguo E
4. Baixiao Niu
5. Chen Chen

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  eLife assessment

  This paper provides important insights into the role of rice OsNF-YB7, an ortholog of Arabidopsis LEC1, in chlorophyll biosynthesis, uncovering the genetic and molecular basis for negative regulation of chlorophyll production in the rice embryo. Mutational analysis, gene expression profiles and protein interaction combine for convincing evidence that OsNF-YB7 represses chlorophyll biosynthesis.

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A SUMO interacting motif in the Replication initiator protein of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus is required for viral replication

1. Nicolas Frédéric Gaertner
2. Francesca Maio
3. Manuel Arroyo-Mateos
4. Ana P. Luna
5. Blanca Sabarit
6. Mark Kwaaitaal
7. Sandra Eltschkner
8. Marcel Prins
9. Eduardo R. Bejarano
10. Harrold A. van den Burg

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The Soybean Cyst Nematode Effector Cysteine Protease 1 (CPR1) Targets a Mitochondrial Soybean Branched-Chain Amino Acid Aminotransferase (GmBCAT1) for Degradation

1. Alexandra Margets
2. Jessica Foster
3. Anil Kumar
4. Tom R. Maier
5. Rick Masonbrink
6. Joffrey Mejias
7. Thomas J. Baum
8. Roger W. Innes

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The barley MLA13-AVR _A13 heterodimer reveals principles for immunoreceptor recognition of RNase-like powdery mildew effectors

1. Aaron W. Lawson
2. Andrea Flores-Ibarra
3. Yu Cao
4. Chunpeng An
5. Ulla Neumann
6. Monika Gunkel
7. Isabel M. L. Saur
8. Jijie Chai
9. Elmar Behrmann
10. Paul Schulze-Lefert

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Raspberry Pi–powered imaging for plant phenotyping

1. Jose C. Tovar
2. J. Steen Hoyer
3. Andy Lin
4. Allison Tielking
5. Steven T. Callen
6. S. Elizabeth Castillo
7. Michael Miller
8. Monica Tessman
9. Noah Fahlgren
10. James C. Carrington
11. Dmitri A. Nusinow
12. Malia A. Gehan

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Engineering the cyanobacterial ATP-driven BCT1 bicarbonate transporter for functional targeting to C ₃ plant chloroplasts

1. Sarah Rottet
2. Loraine M. Rourke
3. Isaiah C.M. Pabuayon
4. Su Yin Phua
5. Suyan Yee
6. Hiruni N. Weerasooriya
7. Xiaozhuo Wang
8. Himanshu S. Mehra
9. Nghiem D. Nguyen
10. Benedict M. Long
11. James V. Moroney
12. G. Dean Price

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Subcellular visualization of the distribution of atmospheric dinitrogen fixed by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus bacteria in maize

1. Greg McMahon
2. Stephanie Rey
3. Katie Moore
4. Gina Greenidge
5. Dhaval Patel
6. Erik H Murchie
7. David Dent
8. Edward Cocking

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  eLife assessment

  This solid and innovative study explores the uptake of fixed nitrogen in maize chloroplasts facilitated by symbiotic Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus bacteria. The findings provide valuable insights into plant-microbe interactions, particularly highlighting a symbiotic mechanism of nitrogen delivery independent nodule formation. Additional controls would help to substantiate the findings and enhance the overall strength of the evidence.

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Natural variation in salt-induced changes in root:shoot ratio reveals SR3G as a negative regulator of root suberization and salt resilience in Arabidopsis

1. Maryam Rahmati Ishka
2. Hayley Sussman
3. Yunfei Hu
4. Mashael Daghash Alqahtani
5. Eric Craft
6. Ronell Sicat
7. Minmin Wang
8. Li’ang Yu
9. Rashid Ait-Haddou
10. Bo Li
11. Georgia Drakakaki
12. Andrew Nelson
13. Miguel Pineros
14. Arthur Korte
15. Lukasz Jaremko
16. Christa Testerink
17. Mark Tester
18. Magdalena M. Julkowska

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  eLife assessment

  Through cellular, developmental, and physiological analysis, this valuable study identifies a gene that functions to regulate the relative growth of roots and shoots under salt stress. The holistic approach taken provides solid evidence that this gene, a member of a larger tandemly duplicated gene family initially highlighted by association mapping, as well as an upstream regulator contribute to salt tolerance. More robust statistical or biological support for some conclusions could further strengthen this manuscript. The manuscript will be of interest to plant biologists studying mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance and gene family evolution.

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