Plant Molecular Biology Research

This study quantifies the transport properties of canonical PIN-FORMED proteins and shows the loop domain's role in auxin transport beyond activation.

This study shows TFIIS is essential for reproductive development and heat stress survival in barley, with molecular mechanisms involving delayed heat stress protein expression and proteotoxicity.

The paper integrates sap peptidomic and tissue-level transcriptomic data to show highly conserved long-distance mobile peptides from xylem-specific precursors in woody angiosperms.

This study investigates whether PRMT5-mediated dimethylation of AtGRP7 at arginine 141 affects flowering time, finding it is not essential but may influence abscisic acid response.

The paper investigates stochastic gene expression in auxin signaling in Arabidopsis floral meristems, finding that downstream expression of DR5 is highly variable and driven by cell-intrinsic noise, while AHP6 and DOF5.8 show lower, distinct noise patterns.

This study identifies IQD2 and KLCR1 as a module that promotes microtubule mechano-responsiveness in plant pavement cells by localizing to the plasma membrane-microtubule nexus.

The paper traces the evolutionary emergence of the prion-like domain in ELF3 across the plant kingdom, finding polyQ repeat length variation in Arabidopsis thaliana but weak association with environmental adaptation.

The paper identifies CARMA as a long non-coding RNA that regulates CANAR expression in the phloem to control cell size and vascular tissue formation in response to sugar and osmotic stress.

This study identifies PRS as a downstream gene of AS2 that affects sepal flatness in Arabidopsis by modulating epidermal outgrowth through transcriptional activation and physical interaction.

This study shows that the splicing factor PORCUPINE regulates temperature-dependent root development in Arabidopsis by maintaining auxin homeostasis in the root apical meristem.

This study compares auxin responses in the gametophyte and sporophyte of the fern Ceratopteris richardii, finding that ontogeny, not phylogeny, determines auxin response properties.

This study shows that BRI1 expression in multiple tissues is necessary but not sufficient for brassinosteroid signaling, suggesting cell-autonomous receptor function.

The paper presents DAP-seq profiles of three GRAS family TFs in three crops, identifying unique and shared gene targets and potential novel GRAS-specific DNA-binding motifs.

This study identifies HD-ZIP IV genes as essential for radial axis formation in Arabidopsis by regulating apical cell polarization and division orientation.

The paper identifies a novel OsIAA3-OsARF16-OsBUL1 module that regulates grain size in rice by modulating cell expansion and proliferation.

This study identifies the TaNF-Y-PRC2 complex as a regulator of starch and protein synthesis in wheat endosperm, revealing its role in epigenetic control through histone modification and gene repression.

This study identifies PpLDCP3 as a key protein in moss dispersal unit formation, showing its role in gametogenesis, sporogenesis, and RNA metabolism.

The paper uses mathematical modeling to show how auxin transporters work together to create and control transmembrane auxin gradients in plants.

This study identifies mechanisms controlling petal pattern proportions in Hibiscus trionum, showing how pre-patterned boundaries influence pollinator attraction through variations in bullseye size.

The paper analyzes DNA-binding specificities of SPL transcription factors in Arabidopsis, maize, and wheat, revealing conserved target genes and species-specific motifs linked to dimerization.

This study develops a fluorescent auxin probe, BODIPY-IAA2, which visualizes auxin distribution in plants without activating auxin signaling.

The paper identifies REL2 and RELK1 as key regulators of maize meristem development, showing they control gene expression to maintain meristem size and influence seed yield.

This study identifies a VRN1 homologue in raspberry that, when silenced by upstream insertions in Glen Dee, causes dormancy misregulation and altered gene expression.

This study identifies CUC2 as a direct activator of MIR319C transcription, which delays the cell proliferation-to-differentiation transition in Arabidopsis leaf primordia, leading to smaller leaves.

This study uses RNA-seq to analyze gene expression during lupin seed development, identifying key genes and transcription factors involved in metabolic activity and storage protein synthesis.

The paper updates the diurnal.plant.tools database by adding diurnal gene expression data from four crop species and Marchantia polymorpha, enhancing cross-species comparisons and evolutionary insights into circadian clocks.

This study identifies ETTIN as an angiosperm-specific auxin signaling pathway involved in carpel development through neofunctionalization.

This study shows that LHP1 and INO80 work with ethylene signaling to activate specific bivalent genes in response to warm temperatures in Arabidopsis.

The paper shows that age-dependent growth regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana modulates leaf symmetry and marginal patterning through SPL9, enabling leaf shape diversification.