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Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are the templates for protein translation but can also act as non-cell-autonomous signaling molecules. Plants input endogenous and exogenous cues to mobile mRNAs and output them to local or systemic target cells and organs to support specific plant responses. Mobile mRNAs form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes with proteins d...
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Mutualistic interactions between plants and microorganisms shape the continuous evolution and adaptation of plants such as to the terrestrial environment that was a founding event of subsequent life on land. Such interactions also play a central role in the natural and agricultural ecosystems and are of primary importance for a sustainable future. ...
Published in Current opinion in plant biology
Plant specialized metabolites shape plant interactions with the environment including plant-microbe interactions. While we often group compounds into generic classes, it is the precise structure of a compound that creates a specific role in plant-microbe or-pathogen interactions. Critically, the structure guides definitive targets in individual int...
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Land plants (embryophytes), including vascular (tracheophytes) and non-vascular plants (bryophytes), co-evolved with microorganisms since descendants of an algal ancestor colonized terrestrial habitats around 500 million years ago. To cope with microbial pathogen infections, embryophytes evolved a complex immune system for pathogen perception and a...
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SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASES (SERKs) and NUCLEAR SHUTTLE PROTEIN-INTERACTING KINASES (NIKs) belong to superfamily II of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases, which share cytosolic kinase conservation and a similar ectodomain configuration. SERKs have been extensively demonstrated to function as coreceptors of receptor-like kinas...
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The root nodule symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria is a fascinating trait limited to several plant species. Given the agronomic potential of transferring this symbiosis to nonleguminous crops, the symbiosis has attracted researchers' attention for over a century. The origins of this symbiosis can be traced back to a single ancest...
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Plants are able to actively detect and respond to the presence in neighboring plants, in order to optimize their physiology to promote survival and reproduction despite the presence of competing organisms. A key but still poorly understood mechanism for neighbor detection is through the perception of root exudates. In this review, we explore recent...
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Single-cell genomics technologies are ushering in a new research era. In this review, we summarize the benefits and current challenges of using these technologies to probe the transcriptional regulation of plant development. In addition to profiling cells at a single snapshot in time, researchers have recently produced time-resolved datasets to map...
Published in Current opinion in plant biology
Published in Current opinion in plant biology
C4 photosynthesis is more efficient than C3 photosynthesis for two reasons. First, C4 plants have evolved efficient C4 enzymes to suppress wasteful photorespiration and enhance CO2 fixation. Second, C4 leaves have Kranz anatomy in which the veins are surrounded by one layer of bundle sheath (BS) cells and one layer of mesophyll (M) cells. The BS an...
