| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Focus Issue on the Biology of Transpiration Updates Nighttime Stomatal Conductance and Transpiration in C3 and C4 Plants Mairgareth A. Caird, James H. Richards, and Lisa A. Donovan Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 4–10. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.092940.PMCID: PMC1761996 Heavy Water Fractionation during Transpiration Graham D. Farquhar, Lucas A. Cernusak, and Belinda Barnes Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 11–18. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.093278.PMCID: PMC1761995 The Control of Transpiration. Insights from Arabidopsis Sarah E. Nilson and Sarah M. Assmann Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 19–27. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.093161.PMCID: PMC1761994 Editorial The Biology of Transpiration. From Guard Cells to Globe Susanne von Caemmerer and Neil Baker Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 3. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900213.PMCID: PMC1761997 Research Articles Ca2+-Dependent and -Independent Abscisic Acid Activation of Plasma Membrane Anion Channels in Guard Cells of Nicotiana tabacum Holger Marten, Kai R. Konrad, Petra Dietrich, M. Rob G. Roelfsema, and Rainer Hedrich Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 28–37. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.092643.PMCID: PMC1761993 Programmed Cell Death-Involved Aluminum Toxicity in Yeast Alleviated by Antiapoptotic Members with Decreased Calcium Signals Ke Zheng, Jian-Wei Pan, Lan Ye, Yu Fu, Hua-Zheng Peng, Bai-Yu Wan, Qing Gu, Hong-Wu Bian, Ning Han, Jun-Hui Wang, Bo Kang, Jun-Hang Pan, Hong-Hong Shao, Wen-Zhe Wang, and Mu-Yuan Zhu Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 38–49. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.082495.PMCID: PMC1761992 Characterization of a Novel Plant Promoter Specifically Induced by Heavy Metal and Identification of the Promoter Regions Conferring Heavy Metal Responsiveness Xiaoting Qi, Yuxiu Zhang, and Tuanyao Chai Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 50–59. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.080283.PMCID: PMC1761991 Embolism Formation during Freezing in the Wood of Picea abies Stefan Mayr, Hervé Cochard, Thierry Améglio, and Silvia B. Kikuta Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 60–67. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.085704.PMCID: PMC1761990 Modification of Leaf Apoplastic pH in Relation to Stomatal Sensitivity to Root-Sourced Abscisic Acid Signals Wensuo Jia and William John Davies Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 68–77. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089110.PMCID: PMC1761989 The Mechanical Diversity of Stomata and Its Significance in Gas-Exchange Control Peter J. Franks and Graham D. Farquhar Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 78–87. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089367.PMCID: PMC1761988 Spatial Variation of Deuterium Enrichment in Bulk Water of Snowgum Leaves Jiří Šantrůček, Jiří Květoň, Jiří Šetlík, and Lenka Bulíčková Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 88–97. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089284.PMCID: PMC1761987 Environment or Development? Lifetime Net CO2 Exchange and Control of the Expression of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Klaus Winter and Joseph A.M. Holtum Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 98–107. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.088922.PMCID: PMC1761986 Evaluation of Source Leaf Responses to Water-Deficit Stresses in Cotton Using a Novel Stress Bioassay John J. Burke Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 108–121. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.087783.PMCID: PMC1761985 Putative Role of Aquaporins in Variable Hydraulic Conductance of Leaves in Response to Light Hervé Cochard, Jean-Stéphane Venisse, Têtè Sévérien Barigah, Nicole Brunel, Stéphane Herbette, Agnès Guilliot, Melvin T. Tyree, and Soulaiman Sakr Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 122–133. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090092.PMCID: PMC1761984 Decreases in Stomatal Conductance of Soybean under Open-Air Elevation of [CO2] Are Closely Coupled with Decreases in Ecosystem Evapotranspiration Carl J. Bernacchi, Bruce A. Kimball, Devin R. Quarles, Stephen P. Long, and Donald R. Ort Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 134–144. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089557.PMCID: PMC1761983 Helianthus Nighttime Conductance and Transpiration Respond to Soil Water But Not Nutrient Availability Ava R. Howard and Lisa A. Donovan Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 145–155. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089383.PMCID: PMC1761982 On the Inside On the Inside Peter V. Minorsky Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 1–2. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900214.PMCID: PMC1761998 Genome Analysis Genome-Wide Analysis of the Arabidopsis Leaf Transcriptome Reveals Interaction of Phosphate and Sugar Metabolism Renate Müller, Marc Morant, Hanne Jarmer, Lena Nilsson, and Tom Hamborg Nielsen Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 156–171. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090167.PMCID: PMC1761981 Combining Expression and Comparative Evolutionary Analysis. The COBRA Gene Family Siobhan M. Brady, Shuang Song, Kanwarpal S. Dhugga, J. Antoni Rafalski, and Philip N. Benfey Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 172–187. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.087262.PMCID: PMC1761980 Research Articles Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Arabidopsis Sucrose Transporter AtSUC9. High-Affinity Transport Activity, Intragenic Control of Expression, and Early Flowering Mutant Phenotype Alicia B. Sivitz, Anke Reinders, Meghan E. Johnson, Anthony D. Krentz, Christopher P.L. Grof, Jai M. Perroux, and John M. Ward Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 188–198. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089003.PMCID: PMC1761979 Insights into the Role of Specific Lipids in the Formation and Delivery of Lipid Microdomains to the Plasma Membrane of Plant Cells Maryse Laloi, Anne-Marie Perret, Laurent Chatre, Su Melser, Catherine Cantrel, Marie-Noëlle Vaultier, Alain Zachowski, Katell Bathany, Jean-Marie Schmitter, Myriam Vallet, René Lessire, Marie-Andrée Hartmann, and Patrick Moreau Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 461–472. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.091496.PMCID: PMC1761958 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction Characterization of the Preprotein and Amino Acid Transporter Gene Family in Arabidopsis Monika W. Murcha, Dina Elhafez, Ryan Lister, Julian Tonti-Filippini, Manuela Baumgartner, Katrin Philippar, Chris Carrie, Dejana Mokranjac, Jürgen Soll, and James Whelan Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 199–212. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090688.PMCID: PMC1761978 GIGANTEA Acts in Blue Light Signaling and Has Biochemically Separable Roles in Circadian Clock and Flowering Time Regulation Ellen L. Martin-Tryon, Joel A. Kreps, and Stacey L. Harmer Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 473–486. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.088757.PMCID: PMC1761957 Cold Transiently Activates Calcium-Permeable Channels in Arabidopsis Mesophyll Cells Armando Carpaneto, Natalya Ivashikina, Victor Levchenko, Elzbieta Krol, Elena Jeworutzki, Jian-Kang Zhu, and Rainer Hedrich Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 487–494. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090928.PMCID: PMC1761956 Development and Hormone Action Knockout of the AtCESA2 Gene Affects Microtubule Orientation and Causes Abnormal Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis Zhaoqing Chu, Hao Chen, Yiyue Zhang, Zhonghui Zhang, Nouyan Zheng, Bojiao Yin, Hongyan Yan, Lei Zhu, Xiangyu Zhao, Ming Yuan, Xiansheng Zhang, and Qi Xie Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 213–224. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.088393.PMCID: PMC1761977 Short Vegetative Phase-Like MADS-Box Genes Inhibit Floral Meristem Identity in Barley Ben Trevaskis, Million Tadege, Megan N. Hemming, W. James Peacock, Elizabeth S. Dennis, and Candice Sheldon Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 225–235. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090860.PMCID: PMC1761976 Environmental Stress and Adaptation to Stress Reciprocal Leaf and Root Expression of AtAmt1.1 and Root Architectural Changes in Response to Nitrogen Starvation Cawas B. Engineer and Robert G. Kranz Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 236–250. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.088500.PMCID: PMC1761975 A Heat-Inducible Transcription Factor, HsfA2, Is Required for Extension of Acquired Thermotolerance in Arabidopsis Yee-yung Charng, Hsiang-chin Liu, Nai-yu Liu, Wen-tzu Chi, Chun-neng Wang, Shih-hsun Chang, and Tsu-tsuen Wang Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 251–262. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.091322.PMCID: PMC1761974 Manganese Deficiency in Chlamydomonas Results in Loss of Photosystem II and MnSOD Function, Sensitivity to Peroxides, and Secondary Phosphorus and Iron Deficiency Michael D. Allen, Janette Kropat, Stephen Tottey, José A. Del Campo, and Sabeeha S. Merchant Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 263–277. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.088609.PMCID: PMC1761973 Association of Specific Expansins with Growth in Maize Leaves Is Maintained under Environmental, Genetic, and Developmental Sources of Variation Bertrand Muller, Gildas Bourdais, Beat Reidy, Christelle Bencivenni, Agnès Massonneau, Pascal Condamine, Gaëlle Rolland, Geneviève Conéjéro, Peter Rogowsky, and François Tardieu Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 278–290. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.087494.PMCID: PMC1761972 Degradation of Oxidized Proteins by Autophagy during Oxidative Stress in Arabidopsis Yan Xiong, Anthony L. Contento, Phan Quang Nguyen, and Diane C. Bassham Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 291–299. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.092106.PMCID: PMC1761971 PsTRXh1 and PsTRXh2 Are Both Pea h-Type Thioredoxins with Antagonistic Behavior in Redox Imbalances José A. Traverso, Florence Vignols, Roland Cazalis, Amada Pulido, Mariam Sahrawy, Francisco Javier Cejudo, Yves Meyer, and Ana Chueca Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 300–311. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089524.PMCID: PMC1761970 The Metabolic Response of Heterotrophic Arabidopsis Cells to Oxidative Stress Charles J. Baxter, Henning Redestig, Nicolas Schauer, Dirk Repsilber, Kiran R. Patil, Jens Nielsen, Joachim Selbig, Junli Liu, Alisdair R. Fernie, and Lee J. Sweetlove Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 312–325. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090431.PMCID: PMC1761969 Germanium-68 as an Adequate Tracer for Silicon Transport in Plants. Characterization of Silicon Uptake in Different Crop Species Miroslav Nikolic, Nina Nikolic, Yongchao Liang, Ernest A. Kirkby, and Volker Römheld Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 495–503. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090845.PMCID: PMC1761955 Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution Transcriptome Analysis Reveals a Critical Role of CHS7 and CHS8 Genes for Isoflavonoid Synthesis in Soybean Seeds Sangeeta Dhaubhadel, Mark Gijzen, Pat Moy, and Mana Farhangkhoee Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 326–338. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.086306.PMCID: PMC1761968 MAIZEWALL. Database and Developmental Gene Expression Profiling of Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Assembly in Maize Sabine Guillaumie, Hélène San-Clemente, Caroline Deswarte, Yves Martinez, Catherine Lapierre, Alain Murigneux, Yves Barrière, Magalie Pichon, and Deborah Goffner Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 339–363. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.086405.PMCID: PMC1761967 Ectopic Expression of a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Gene Transactivates Parallel Pathways of Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis. Structure, Expression Analysis, and Genetic Control of Leucoanthocyanidin 4-Reductase and Anthocyanidin Reductase Genes in Lotus corniculatus Francesco Paolocci, Mark P. Robbins, Laura Madeo, Sergio Arcioni, Stefan Martens, and Francesco Damiani Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 504–516. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090886.PMCID: PMC1761954 Plants Interacting with Other Organisms A Phytophthora infestans Cystatin-Like Protein Targets a Novel Tomato Papain-Like Apoplastic Protease Miaoying Tian, Joe Win, Jing Song, Renier van der Hoorn, Esther van der Knaap, and Sophien Kamoun Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 364–377. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.090050.PMCID: PMC1761951 Characterization of a Divinyl Ether Biosynthetic Pathway Specifically Associated with Pathogenesis in Tobacco Alessandro Fammartino, Francesca Cardinale, Cornelia Göbel, Laurent Mène-Saffrané, Joëlle Fournier, Ivo Feussner, and Marie-Thérèse Esquerré-Tugayé Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 378–388. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.087304.PMCID: PMC1761965 Tobacco Nectaries Express a Novel NADPH Oxidase Implicated in the Defense of Floral Reproductive Tissues against Microorganisms Clay Carter, Rosanne Healy, Nicole M. O'Tool, S.M. Saqlan Naqvi, Gang Ren, Sanggyu Park, Gwyn A. Beattie, Harry T. Horner, and Robert W. Thornburg Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 389–399. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089326.PMCID: PMC1761964 AtERF14, a Member of the ERF Family of Transcription Factors, Plays a Nonredundant Role in Plant Defense Luis Oñate-Sánchez, Jonathan P. Anderson, Jodi Young, and Karam B. Singh Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 400–409. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.086637.PMCID: PMC1761963 Aminocyclopropane Carboxylic Acid Synthase Is a Regulated Step in Ethylene-Dependent Induced Conifer Defense. Full-Length cDNA Cloning of a Multigene Family, Differential Constitutive, and Wound- and Insect-Induced Expression, and Cellular and Subcellular Localization in Spruce and Douglas Fir Steven G. Ralph, J.W. Hudgins, Sharon Jancsik, Vincent R. Franceschi, and Jörg Bohlmann Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 410–424. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089425.PMCID: PMC1761962 Systems Biology, Molecular Biology, and Gene Regulation MIKC* MADS-Protein Complexes Bind Motifs Enriched in the Proximal Region of Late Pollen-Specific Arabidopsis Promoters Wim Verelst, Heinz Saedler, and Thomas Münster Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 447–460. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089805.PMCID: PMC1761959 Tobacco Isoenzyme 1 of NAD(H)-Dependent Glutamate Dehydrogenase Catabolizes Glutamate in Vivo Matthew Peter Purnell and José Ramon Botella Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 530–539. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.091330.PMCID: PMC1761952 Circadian Rhythms of Isoprene Biosynthesis in Grey Poplar Leaves Maaria Loivamäki, Sandrine Louis, Gyöngyi Cinege, Ina Zimmer, Robert J. Fischbach, and Jörg-Peter Schnitzler Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 540–551. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.092759.PMCID: PMC1761966 Whole Plant and Ecophysiology Dissection of the AtNRT2.1:AtNRT2.2 Inducible High-Affinity Nitrate Transporter Gene Cluster Wenbin Li, Ye Wang, Mamoru Okamoto, Nigel M. Crawford, M. Yaeesh Siddiqi, and Anthony D.M. Glass Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 425–433. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.091223.PMCID: PMC1761961 Genetic Variation Suggests Interaction between Cold Acclimation and Metabolic Regulation of Leaf Senescence Céline Masclaux-Daubresse, Sarah Purdy, Thomas Lemaitre, Nathalie Pourtau, Ludivine Taconnat, Jean-Pierre Renou, and Astrid Wingler Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 434–446. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.091355.PMCID: PMC1761960 Physiological Roles of the Light, Oxygen, or Voltage Domains of Phototropin 1 and Phototropin 2 in Arabidopsis Hae-Young Cho, Tong-Seung Tseng, Eirini Kaiserli, Stuart Sullivan, John M. Christie, and Winslow R. Briggs Plant Physiol. 2007 January; 143(1): 517–529. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089839.PMCID: PMC1761953 |