supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070243 to Z.Q.S.and 31770245 to J.Q.C.);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(020814380169 to Z.Q.S.)。
Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich-repeat(NLR)genes comprise the largest family of plant disease-resis-tance genes.Angiosperm NLR genes are phylogenetically divided into the TNL,CNL,and RNL subclasses.NLR copy numbers an...
In response to the ratio of available carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) nutrients, plants regulate their metabolism, growth, and development, a process called the C/N-nutrient response. However, the molecular basis of C...
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a class of steroid hormones that are essential for plant growth and development. The BR signal transduction pathway in the dicot model plantArabidopsis is well established, but the compone...
Brassinosteroid (BR) binding activates the receptor kinase BRI1 by inducing heterodimerization with its co- receptor kinase BAK1; however, the mechanisms that reversibly inactivate BRI1 remain unclear. Here we show ...
Y.Q. is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2011CB944603; 2012C8944801), National Natural Science Foundation of China (31170290; 31470284), and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University (JA14096). J.D. is supported by grants front the U.S. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM 109080) and Rutgers University.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We apologize for the work not cited in tills review due to the size Iirnit. No conflict of interest declared,
Cell polarity, often associated with polarized cell expansion/growth in plants, describes the uneven distribution of cellular components, such as proteins, nucleic acids, signaling molecules, vesicles, cytoskeletal el...
Ethylene plays a crucial role in various biological processes and therefore its biosynthesis is strictly regu- lated by multiple mechanisms. Posttranslational regulation, which is pivotal in controlling ethylene biosy...
Support from the Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (contract number 50WB0627) and from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sche207/24-1) is gratefully acknowl- edged. Work in the XW laboratory was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (MCB-0922879).We thank M. Quint (Halle) for help with language edition and many helpful discussions. No conflict of interest declared.
While it is known that patatin-related phospholipase A (pPLA) activity is rapidly activated within 3min by auxin, hardly anything is known about how this signal influences downstream responses like transcription of ...
Pollen tubes elongate rapidly at their tips through highly polarized cell growth known as tip growth. Tip growth requires intensive exocytosis at the tip, which is supported by a dynamic cytoskeleton and vesicle traff...
Stimulus-specific accumulation of second messengers like reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ca^+ are central to many signaling and regulation processes in plants. However, mechanisms that govern the reciprocal inter...