| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. On the Inside Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 881–882. PMCID: PMC1540353 Editor's Choice Series on Agricultural Ethics Transgenic Maize and the Evolution of Landrace Diversity in Mexico. The Importance of Farmers' Behavior Mauricio R. Bellon and Julien Berthaud Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 883–888. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.038331.PMCID: PMC523889 Editor's Choice Series on Sharing Data and Materials Plant Genome Research Outreach Portal. A Gateway to Plant Genome Research “Outreach” Programs and Activities Sanford B. Baran, Carolyn J. Lawrence, and Volker Brendel Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 889. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.038414.PMCID: PMC523890 Update on Calcium and Protein Kinase Signaling The SOS3 Family of Calcium Sensors and SOS2 Family of Protein Kinases in Arabidopsis Deming Gong, Yan Guo, Karen S. Schumaker, and Jian-Kang Zhu Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 919–926. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.037440.PMCID: PMC523892 Update on Sucrose Synthesis/Metabolism UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase. An Old Protein with New Tricks Leszek A. Kleczkowski, Matt Geisler, Iwona Ciereszko, and Henrik Johansson Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 912–918. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.036053.PMCID: PMC523891 Bioinformatics A New Resource for Cereal Genomics: 22K Barley GeneChip Comes of Age Timothy J. Close, Steve I. Wanamaker, Rico A. Caldo, Stacy M. Turner, Daniel A. Ashlock, Julie A. Dickerson, Rod A. Wing, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Andris Kleinhofs, and Roger P. Wise Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 960–968. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.034462.PMCID: PMC389919 Breakthrough Technologies Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE): A Substantially Improved LongSAGE Method for Gene Discovery and Transcriptome Analysis Malali Gowda, Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat, Ralph A. Dean, and Guo-Liang Wang Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 890–897. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.034496.PMCID: PMC389912 Self-Reporting Arabidopsis Expressing pH and [Ca2+] Indicators Unveil Ion Dynamics in the Cytoplasm and in the Apoplast under Abiotic Stress Dongjie Gao, Marc R. Knight, Anthony J. Trewavas, Burkhard Sattelmacher, and Christoph Plieth Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 898–908. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.032508.PMCID: PMC389913 Genome Analysis Genome-Wide Identification of Arabidopsis Coiled-Coil Proteins and Establishment of the ARABI-COIL Database Annkatrin Rose, Sankaraganesh Manikantan, Shannon J. Schraegle, Michael A. Maloy, Eric A. Stahlberg, and Iris Meier Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 927–939. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035626.PMCID: PMC389916 Molecular Analysis of 10 Coding Regions from Arabidopsis That Are Homologous to the MUR3 Xyloglucan Galactosyltransferase Xuemei Li, Israel Cordero, Jeffrey Caplan, Michael Mølhøj, and Wolf-Dieter Reiter Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 940–950. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.036285.PMCID: PMC389917 Evaluation of Monocot and Eudicot Divergence Using the Sugarcane Transcriptome Michel Vincentz, Frank A.A. Cara, Vagner K. Okura, Felipe R. da Silva, Guilherme L. Pedrosa, Adriana S. Hemerly, Adriana N. Capella, Mozart Marins, Paulo C. Ferreira, Suzelei C. França, Laurent Grivet, Andre L. Vettore, Edson L. Kemper, Willian L. Burnquist, Maria L.P. Targon, Walter J. Siqueira, Eiko E. Kuramae, Celso L. Marino, Luis E.A. Camargo, Helaine Carrer, Luis L. Coutinho, Luiz R. Furlan, Manoel V.F. Lemos, Luiz R. Nunes, Suely L. Gomes, Roberto V. Santelli, Maria H. Goldman, Maurício Bacci, Jr., Eder A. Giglioti, Otávio H. Thiemann, Flávio H. Silva, Marie-Anne Van Sluys, Francisco G. Nobrega, Paulo Arruda, and Carlos F.M. Menck Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 951–959. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.033878.PMCID: PMC389918 Research Articles Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of Two cDNA Clones Encoding Dihydroflavonol-4-Reductase from Medicago truncatula De-Yu Xie, Lisa A. Jackson, John D. Cooper, Daneel Ferreira, and Nancy L. Paiva Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 979–994. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.030221.PMCID: PMC389921 Poplar Peroxiredoxin Q. A Thioredoxin-Linked Chloroplast Antioxidant Functional in Pathogen Defense Nicolas Rouhier, Eric Gelhaye, Jose M. Gualberto, Marie-Noelle Jordy, Elisabeth De Fay, Masakazu Hirasawa, Sebastien Duplessis, Stephane D. Lemaire, Pascal Frey, Francis Martin, Wanda Manieri, David B. Knaff, and Jean-Pierre Jacquot Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1027–1038. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035865.PMCID: PMC389925 Functional Characterization of Allantoinase Genes from Arabidopsis and a Nonureide-Type Legume Black Locust Jaemo Yang and Kyung-Hwan Han Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1039–1049. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.034637.PMCID: PMC389928 Evidence That Sucrose Loaded into the Phloem of a Poplar Leaf Is Used Directly by Sucrose Synthase Associated with Various β-Glucan Synthases in the Stem Teruko Konishi, Yasunori Ohmiya, and Takahisa Hayashi Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1146–1152. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.033167.PMCID: PMC389938 The Seeds of Lotus japonicus Lines Transformed with Sense, Antisense, and Sense/Antisense Galactomannan Galactosyltransferase Constructs Have Structurally Altered Galactomannans in Their Endosperm Cell Walls Mary E. Edwards, Tze-Siang Choo, Cathryn A. Dickson, Catherine Scott, Michael J. Gidley, and J.S. Grant Reid Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1153–1162. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.029967.PMCID: PMC389939 Isolation from Sugar Beet Cell Walls of Arabinan Oligosaccharides Esterified by Two Ferulic Acid Monomers Sébastien V. Levigne, Marie-Christine J. Ralet, Bernard C. Quéméner, Brigitte N.-L. Pollet, Catherine Lapierre, and Jean-François J. Thibault Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1173–1180. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035311.PMCID: PMC389941 myo-Inositol Oxygenase Offers a Possible Entry Point into Plant Ascorbate Biosynthesis Argelia Lorence, Boris I. Chevone, Pedro Mendes, and Craig L. Nessler Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1200–1205. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.033936.PMCID: PMC389944 Plastid Lysophosphatidyl Acyltransferase Is Essential for Embryo Development in Arabidopsis Hyun Uk Kim and Anthony H.C. Huang Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1206–1216. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035832.PMCID: PMC389945 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction Production of Reactive Oxygen Species, Alteration of Cytosolic Ascorbate Peroxidase, and Impairment of Mitochondrial Metabolism Are Early Events in Heat Shock-Induced Programmed Cell Death in Tobacco Bright-Yellow 2 Cells Rosa Anna Vacca, Maria Concetta de Pinto, Daniela Valenti, Salvatore Passarella, Ersilia Marra, and Laura De Gara Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1100–1112. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035956.PMCID: PMC389934 Geminating Pollen Has Tubular Vacuoles, Displays Highly Dynamic Vacuole Biogenesis, and Requires VACUOLESS1 for Proper Function Glenn R. Hicks, Enrique Rojo, Seho Hong, David G. Carter, and Natasha V. Raikhel Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1227–1239. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.037382.PMCID: PMC389947 Development and Hormone Action PICKLE Acts throughout the Plant to Repress Expression of Embryonic Traits and May Play a Role in Gibberellin-Dependent Responses Jim T. Henderson, Hui-Chun Li, Stanley Dean Rider, Andreas P. Mordhorst, Jeanne Romero-Severson, Jin-Chen Cheng, Jennifer Robey, Z. Renee Sung, Sacco C. de Vries, and Joe Ogas Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 995–1005. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.030148.PMCID: PMC389922 Gibberellins Repress Photomorphogenesis in Darkness David Alabadí, Joan Gil, Miguel A. Blázquez, and José L. García-Martínez Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1050–1057. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035451.PMCID: PMC389929 Alkamides Isolated from Plants Promote Growth and Alter Root Development in Arabidopsis Enrique Ramírez-Chávez, José López-Bucio, Luis Herrera-Estrella, and Jorge Molina-Torres Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1058–1068. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.034553.PMCID: PMC389930 The MADS Box Transcription Factor ZmMADS2 Is Required for Anther and Pollen Maturation in Maize and Accumulates in Apoptotic Bodies during Anther Dehiscence Daniela N. Schreiber, Jörg Bantin, and Thomas Dresselhaus Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1069–1079. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.030577.PMCID: PMC389931 A Novel Endo-β-Mannanase Gene in Tomato LeMAN5 Is Associated with Anther and Pollen Development Sergei A. Filichkin, Jeffrey M. Leonard, Alvaro Monteros, Po-Pu Liu, and Hiroyuki Nonogaki Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1080–1087. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035998.PMCID: PMC389932 The Pea Gene LH Encodes ent-Kaurene Oxidase Sandra E. Davidson, Jennifer J. Smith, Chris A. Helliwell, Andrew T. Poole, and James B. Reid Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1123–1134. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.032706.PMCID: PMC389936 Long-Term Inhibition by Auxin of Leaf Blade Expansion in Bean and Arabidopsis Christopher P. Keller, Rainer Stahlberg, Lana S. Barkawi, and Jerry D. Cohen Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1217–1226. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.032300.PMCID: PMC389946 Environmental Stress and Adaptation The Arabidopsis Cytosolic Thioredoxin h5 Gene Induction by Oxidative Stress and Its W-Box-Mediated Response to Pathogen Elicitor Christophe Laloi, Dominique Mestres-Ortega, Yves Marco, Yves Meyer, and Jean-Philippe Reichheld Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1006–1016. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035782.PMCID: PMC389923 The Nature of Arsenic-Phytochelatin Complexes in Holcus lanatus and Pteris cretica Andrea Raab, Jörg Feldmann, and Andrew A. Meharg Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1113–1122. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.033506.PMCID: PMC389935 Expression of KT/KUP Genes in Arabidopsis and the Role of Root Hairs in K+ Uptake Sung Ju Ahn, Ryoung Shin, and Daniel P. Schachtman Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1135–1145. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.034660.PMCID: PMC389937 Ascorbate-Deficient Mutants of Arabidopsis Grow in High Light Despite Chronic Photooxidative Stress Patricia Müller-Moulé, Talila Golan, and Krishna K. Niyogi Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1163–1172. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.032375.PMCID: PMC389940 Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution A Surprising Diversity and Abundance of Xyloglucan Endotransglucosylase/Hydrolases in Rice. Classification and Expression Analysis Ryusuke Yokoyama, Jocelyn K.C. Rose, and Kazuhiko Nishitani Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1088–1099. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035261.PMCID: PMC389933 A Distinct Endogenous Pararetrovirus Family in Nicotiana tomentosiformis, a Diploid Progenitor of Polyploid Tobacco Wolfgang Gregor, M. Florian Mette, Christina Staginnus, Marjori A. Matzke, and Antonius J.M. Matzke Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1191–1199. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.031112.PMCID: PMC389943 Plants Interacting with Other Organisms A Nodule-Specific Dicarboxylate Transporter from Alder Is a Member of the Peptide Transporter Family Jeeyon Jeong, SuJeong Suh, Changhui Guan, Yi-Fang Tsay, Nava Moran, Chang Jae Oh, Chung Sun An, Kirill N. Demchenko, Katharina Pawlowski, and Youngsook Lee Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 969–978. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.032102.PMCID: PMC389920 Bacterial Volatiles Induce Systemic Resistance in Arabidopsis Choong-Min Ryu, Mohamed A. Farag, Chia-Hui Hu, Munagala S. Reddy, Joseph W. Kloepper, and Paul W. Paré Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1017–1026. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.026583.PMCID: PMC389924 Manipulation of Endogenous Trypsin Proteinase Inhibitor Production in Nicotiana attenuata Demonstrates Their Function as Antiherbivore Defenses Jorge A. Zavala, Aparna G. Patankar, Klaus Gase, Dequan Hui, and Ian T. Baldwin Plant Physiol. 2004 March; 134(3): 1181–1190. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.035634.PMCID: PMC389942 |