Volume 170, Issue 1, January 2016

Calcium and protons exert control over the formation and activity of the cytoskeleton, usually by modulating an associated motor protein or one that affects the structural organization of the polymer.

Critical analysis of a recent article raises questions regarding the inhibition of cell expansion by rapid ABP1-mediated auxin effect on microtubules.

A thaumatin-like protein regulates gene-for-gene interaction with specific rhizobial strains and controls nodulation specificity in soybeans.

Rapid closure of stomata occurs at an optimum frequency in Ca²⁺ and voltage oscillations, but this optimum emerges in simulations as a by-product of the transport that drives closure rather than as a signal that regulates it.

During low-oxygen stress, activation of Ala and GABA metabolism and bifurcation of the tricarboxylic acid cycle explains the down-regulation of respiratory oxygen consumption.

Transcriptomic profiling of the paddy weed Echinochloa glabrescens identifies its C₄ molecular signature and genes important for paddy growth.

The transcription factor TCP15 represses anthocyanin biosynthesis in a redox-dependent manner during high-light intensity conditions.

Impaired stomatal closure in a anion channel mutant is accompanied by increased mesophyll conductance, photosynthesis, and leaf area, ultimately enhancing biomass accumulation under controlled conditions.

Rapid, reversible induction of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in conjunction with pronounced reconfiguration of carbon metabolism enables Talinum to survive cycles of severe drought.

Assembly into stable trimers provides strong evidence for 18 protein subunits to assemble in a cellulose synthesis complex that synthesizes an 18-chain cellulose microfibril.

A metabolic quantitative trait loci study combined with a regulatory network unraveled the genetic architecture of the natural variation of 155 metabolites in mature maize kernels.

Chloroplast chaperone Hsp93 associates with the inner envelope membrane via interaction with the Tic110 translocon and likely functions in quality control but not in import propulsion of translocating preproteins.

Arabidopsis GPAT9 is a highly conserved, single-copy, and essential glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase involved in seed oil biosynthesis.

Disruption of the ABHD11 hydrolase causes polar lipids accumulation, thereby enhancing plant growth.

Basic helix-loop-helix family transcription factors from subclade IVa specifically regulate the biosynthesis of the triterpene saponins in a model legume.

The Arabidopsis AP-4 adaptor complex functions in vacuolar sorting at a subdomain of the TGN by directly recognizing a Tyr-based motif of the receptor.

Analysis of single actin filament dynamics reveals a novel role for profilin and formins in the generation of branched filament networks in living epidermal cells.

A mutant lacking xyloglucan in its cell walls has bundled, aligned cellulose and unstable microtubules that uncover new links between cell wall and cytoskeletal integrity.

A plant-specific chloroplast division protein has multiple functions in coordinating and influencing the assembly of internal and external contractile rings across the two envelope membranes.

Optical tweezers show that peroxisomes are strongly tethered to chloroplasts and more weakly to other structures.

X-ray computed microtomography provides a high-resolution, noninvasive method to evaluate vulnerability to drought-induced embolism in living, intact plants.

Two parallel pathways confer floral identity on developing lateral primordia downstream of auxin.

Growth and development of Arabidopsis is affected by mutation of a member of the RNA recognition motif gene family that is required for RNA editing of more than 40% of the mitochondrial C targets in Arabidopsis.

Among the targets of a BEL1-like homeodomain transcription factor are genes involved in growth and hormone metabolism as well as two key tuberization signals.

The functional characterization of homologs of a flowering-time transcription factor provides new insights into the control of floral repression before vernalization in barley.

Numerous compounds inducing leaf vein pattern defects target auxin biology.

A mitochondria-targeted pentatricopeptide repeat protein specifically facilitates the translation of a respiratory chain transcript without inducing any cleavage in its upstream noncoding region.

Glycosyl-Inositol-Phosphoryl-Ceramides are major lipids of the plasma membrane and form rafts in the outer leaflet, yet extend into the inner leaflet of the membrane through very long-chain fatty acids to interdigitate across the membrane.

A key hydrophobic domain of the PHO1 phosphate exporter plays an important role in the response of shoots to phosphate deficiency.

H⁺-pumping pyrophosphatases appear to function in companion cells to increase phloem loading and long-distance transport, leading to more robust plants with enhanced growth.

A protein S-acyltransferase is involved in leaf senescence via modulating salicylic acid metabolism and perception.

A RING finger ubiquitin ligase functions enhances heat tolerance through the modulation of H₂O₂-induced stomatal closure.

Immunity triggered by high doses a and hormetic growth enhancement triggered by low doses of a synthetic elicitor doses are associated with distinct transcriptional profiles.

Low red/far-red light ratios increase cold tolerance in tomato via the activation of phytochrome A and ABA-dependent JA signaling.

An allele of a gene encoding a transcription factor involved in the ethylene response pathway is associated with the ability of lettuce seeds to germinate at warm temperatures.

A new family of RING-domain transcription factors associated with nitrogen stress is conserved in diatoms.

Two transcription factors act redundantly to regulate the transcriptional responses to phosphate starvation at genomic level.

Two homologous kinase inhibitor proteins play differential roles in regulating plant cell cycle and defense.

Pseudo-response regulators associate with overlapping sets of putative target genes and require G-box-like cis-regulatory elements for transcriptional activity.

Two transcription factors interact and negatively regulate the plant response to prolonged iron deficiency.

Putrescine enhances Fe deficiency-induced accumulation of nitric oxide which ultimately leads to the reutilization of cell wall Fe under Fe-deficient conditions.

A systems genetics approach identifies gene regulatory networks associated with fatty acid composition in Brassica rapa seed.

Alternative splicing is common during development and drought, with a high degree of tissue specificity even among related tissue types.