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ZmMTOPVIB Enables DNA Double-Strand Break Formation and Bipolar Spindle Assembly during Maize Meiosis.

Published in Plant physiology

The meiotic TopoVI B subunit (MTopVIB) plays an essential role in double-strand break formation in mouse (Mus musculus), Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), and rice (Oryza sativa), and recent work reveals that rice MTopVIB also plays an unexpected role in meiotic bipolar spindle assembly, highlighting multiple functions of MTopVIB during rice meio...

The NAC Transcription Factors OsNAC20 and OsNAC26 Regulate Starch and Storage Protein Synthesis.

Published in Plant physiology

Starch and storage proteins determine the weight and quality of cereal grains. Synthesis of these two grain components has been comprehensively investigated, but the transcription factors responsible for their regulation remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the roles of NAM, ATAF, and CUC (NAC) transcription factors, OsNAC20, and ...

Transcriptomic and Proteomic Insights into Amborella trichopoda Male Gametophyte Functions.

Published in Plant physiology

Flowering plants (angiosperms) are characterized by pollen tubes (PTs; male gametophytes) carrying two immobile sperm cells that grow over long distances through the carpel toward the ovules, where double fertilization is executed. It is not understood how these reproductive structures evolved, which genes occur de novo in male gametophytes of angi...

Leaf Position Makes a Difference: The ABCB19 Auxin Transporter Affects Light Perception.

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Metallic Action! The Dynamics of a Tripartite Iron Uptake Complex in Arabidopsis Roots.

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MED25 Mediates Shade-Induced Hypocotyl Elongation in Tomato.

Published in Plant physiology

HEAT SHOCK FACTOR A8a Modulates Flavonoid Synthesis and Drought Tolerance.

Published in Plant physiology

Drought is an important environmental factor affecting the growth and production of agricultural crops and fruits worldwide, including apple (Malus domestica). Heat shock factors (HSFs) have well-documented functions in stress responses, but their roles in flavonoid synthesis and the flavonoid-mediated drought response mechanism remain elusive. In ...

Viral Perturbation of Alternative Splicing of a Host Transcript Benefits Infection.

Published in Plant physiology

Pathogens disturb alternative splicing patterns of infected eukaryotic hosts. However, in plants it is unknown if this is incidental to infection or represents a pathogen-induced remodeling of host gene expression needed to support infection. Here, we compared changes in transcription and protein accumulation with changes in transcript splicing pat...

CYCLOIDEA3 Is Targeted by Disparate Transcription Factors in Patterning Flowers in Gerbera.

Published in Plant physiology

To Grow or Not to Grow: Specific Lipoxygenases Control Wound-Induced Growth Restriction.

Published in Plant physiology