Plant Biology

Plant Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Plant Biology

    Pectin methylesterase activity is required for RALF1 peptide signalling output

    Ann-Kathrin Rößling, Kai Dünser ... Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
    1. Plant Biology

    ATG6 interacting with NPR1 increases Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to Pst DC3000/avrRps4 by increasing its nuclear accumulation and stability

    Baihong Zhang, Shuqin Huang ... Wenli Chen
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    Guanidine production by plant homoarginine-6-hydroxylases

    Dietmar Funck, Malte Sinn ... Jörg S Hartig
    2-Oxoglutarate and Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases from clade C23 are the major source of guanidine in plants and release guanidine from arginine or homoarginine by C5 or C6 hydroxylation, respectively.
    1. Plant Biology

    A dual function of the IDA peptide in regulating cell separation and modulating plant immunity at the molecular level

    Vilde Olsson Lalun, Maike Breiden ... Melinka A. Butenko
    1. Plant Biology

    Single-molecule analysis reveals the phosphorylation of FLS2 regulates its spatiotemporal dynamics and immunity

    Yaning Cui, Hongping Qian ... Jinxing Lin
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Plant Biology

    Root cap cell corpse clearance limits microbial colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Nyasha M. Charura, Ernesto Llamas ... Alga Zuccaro
    1. Plant Biology

    OsNF-YB7 inactivates OsGLK1 to inhibit chlorophyll biosynthesis in rice embryo

    Zongju Yang, Tianqi Bai ... Chen Chen
    1. Plant Biology

    Distinct effects of phyllosphere and rhizosphere microbes on invader Ageratina adenophora during its early life stages

    Zhao-Ying Zeng, Jun-Rong Huang ... Han-Bo Zhang
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    Serine hydroxymethyl transferase is a binding target of caprylic acid: Uncovering a novel molecular target for a herbicide and for producing caprylic acid-tolerant crops

    Zuren Li, Mugui Wang ... Lianyang Bai
    1. Plant Biology

    Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri type III effector PthA4 directs the dynamical expression of a putative citrus carbohydrate-binding gene for canker formation

    Xinyu Chen, Huasong Zou ... Xiaojing Fan
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Highlights

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    Looking below the surface in plants

    Rui Wang, Anna A Dobritsa
    1. Plant Biology

    Hitting pause on the cell cycle

    Thomas Eekhout, Lieven De Veylder
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    Paleobotany: Did flowering plants exist in the Jurassic period?

    David Winship Taylor, Hongqi Li

Senior editors

  1. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
    University of Freiburg, Germany
  2. Sergio Rasmann
    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  3. Meredith C Schuman
    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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