| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Commentary Sowing the Seeds of Dialogue: Public Engagement through Plant Science David Lally, Eric Brooks, Frans E. Tax, and Erin L. Dolan PMCID: PMC2002607 In This Issue Elucidating the Function of Synergid Cells: A Regulatory Role for MYB98 Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC2002622 In Brief Apical Bud Formation and Dormancy Induction in Poplar Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC2002630 Adaptive Evolution among Plant Pathogenic Oomycte RXLR Effector Genes Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC2002613 Current Perspective Essay Engineered Plant Minichromosomes: A Resurrection of B Chromosomes? Andreas Houben and Ingo Schubert PMCID: PMC2002602 Research Articles Large-Scale, Lineage-Specific Expansion of a Bric-a-Brac/Tramtrack/Broad Complex Ubiquitin-Ligase Gene Family in Rice Derek J. Gingerich, Kousuke Hanada, Shin-Han Shiu, and Richard D. Vierstra PMCID: PMC2002615 Adaptive Evolution Has Targeted the C-Terminal Domain of the RXLR Effectors of Plant Pathogenic Oomycetes Joe Win, William Morgan, Jorunn Bos, Ksenia V. Krasileva, Liliana M. Cano, Angela Chaparro-Garcia, Randa Ammar, Brian J. Staskawicz, and Sophien Kamoun PMCID: PMC2002621 A Molecular Timetable for Apical Bud Formation and Dormancy Induction in Poplar Tom Ruttink, Matthias Arend, Kris Morreel, Véronique Storme, Stephane Rombauts, Jörg Fromm, Rishikesh P. Bhalerao, Wout Boerjan, and Antje Rohde PMCID: PMC2002631 Allele-Specific Expression Patterns Reveal Biases and Embryo-Specific Parent-of-Origin Effects in Hybrid Maize Nathan M. Springer and Robert M. Stupar PMCID: PMC2002603 A WD40 Domain Cyclophilin Interacts with Histone H3 and Functions in Gene Repression and Organogenesis in Arabidopsis Hong Li, Zengyong He, Guihua Lu, Sung Chul Lee, Jose Alonso, Joseph R. Ecker, and Sheng Luan PMCID: PMC2002612 MicroRNA-Mediated Regulation of Stomatal Development in Arabidopsis Claudia Kutter, Hanspeter Schöb, Michael Stadler, Frederick Meins, Jr., and Azeddine Si-Ammour PMCID: PMC2002609 Auxin Synthesized by the YUCCA Flavin Monooxygenases Is Essential for Embryogenesis and Leaf Formation in Arabidopsis Youfa Cheng, Xinhua Dai, and Yunde Zhao PMCID: PMC2002601 The Arabidopsis Transcription Factor MYB77 Modulates Auxin Signal Transduction Ryoung Shin, Adrien Y. Burch, Kari A. Huppert, Shiv B. Tiwari, Angus S. Murphy, Tom J. Guilfoyle, and Daniel P. Schachtman PMCID: PMC2002618 N-Acylethanolamine Metabolism Interacts with Abscisic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings Neal D. Teaster, Christy M. Motes, Yuhong Tang, William C. Wiant, Matthew Q. Cotter, Yuh-Shuh Wang, Aruna Kilaru, Barney J. Venables, Karl H. Hasenstein, Gabriel Gonzalez, Elison B. Blancaflor, and Kent D. Chapman PMCID: PMC2002614 A Downstream Mediator in the Growth Repression Limb of the Jasmonate Pathway Yuanxin Yan, Stéphanie Stolz, Aurore Chételat, Philippe Reymond, Marco Pagni, Lucie Dubugnon, and Edward E. Farmer PMCID: PMC2002611 The SnRK1A Protein Kinase Plays a Key Role in Sugar Signaling during Germination and Seedling Growth of Rice Chung-An Lu, Chih-Cheng Lin, Kuo-Wei Lee, Jyh-Long Chen, Li-Fen Huang, Shin-Lon Ho, Hsin-Ju Liu, Yue-Ie Hsing, and Su-May Yu PMCID: PMC2002608 Signaling from an Altered Cell Wall to the Nucleus Mediates Sugar-Responsive Growth and Development in Arabidopsis thaliana Yunhai Li, Caroline Smith, Fiona Corke, Leiying Zheng, Zara Merali, Peter Ryden, Paul Derbyshire, Keith Waldron, and Michael W. Bevan PMCID: PMC2002624 Targeted Degradation of PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR5 by an SCFZTL Complex Regulates Clock Function and Photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Takatoshi Kiba, Rossana Henriques, Hitoshi Sakakibara, and Nam-Hai Chua PMCID: PMC2002626 Arabidopsis TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 Is Directly Regulated by R2R3 MYB Transcription Factors and Is Involved in Regulation of GLABRA2 Transcription in Epidermal Differentiation Tetsuya Ishida, Sayoko Hattori, Ryosuke Sano, Kayoko Inoue, Yumiko Shirano, Hiroaki Hayashi, Daisuke Shibata, Shusei Sato, Tomohiko Kato, Satoshi Tabata, Kiyotaka Okada, and Takuji Wada PMCID: PMC2002633 Genetic and Molecular Interactions between BELL1 and MADS Box Factors Support Ovule Development in Arabidopsis Vittoria Brambilla, Raffaella Battaglia, Monica Colombo, Simona Masiero, Stefano Bencivenga, Martin M. Kater, and Lucia Colombo PMCID: PMC2002616 MYB98 Positively Regulates a Battery of Synergid-Expressed Genes Encoding Filiform Apparatus–Localized Proteins Jayson A. Punwani, David S. Rabiger, and Gary N. Drews PMCID: PMC2002610 The Maize Floury1 Gene Encodes a Novel Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein Involved in Zein Protein Body Formation David R. Holding, Marisa S. Otegui, Bailin Li, Robert B. Meeley, Thao Dam, Brenda G. Hunter, Rudolf Jung, and Brian A. Larkins PMCID: PMC2002605 A Germ Cell–Specific Gene of the ARGONAUTE Family Is Essential for the Progression of Premeiotic Mitosis and Meiosis during Sporogenesis in Rice Ken-Ichi Nonomura, Akane Morohoshi, Mutsuko Nakano, Mitsugu Eiguchi, Akio Miyao, Hirohiko Hirochika, and Nori Kurata PMCID: PMC2002623 Two Arabidopsis Phragmoplast-Associated Kinesins Play a Critical Role in Cytokinesis during Male Gametogenesis Yuh-Ru Julie Lee, Yan Li, and Bo Liu PMCID: PMC2002617 A Ribonuclease III Domain Protein Functions in Group II Intron Splicing in Maize Chloroplasts Kenneth P. Watkins, Tiffany S. Kroeger, Amy M. Cooke, Rosalind E. Williams-Carrier, Giulia Friso, Susan E. Belcher, Klaas J. van Wijk, and Alice Barkan PMCID: PMC2002627 Cell-Type Specificity of the Expression of Os BOR1, a Rice Efflux Boron Transporter Gene, Is Regulated in Response to Boron Availability for Efficient Boron Uptake and Xylem Loading Yuko Nakagawa, Hideki Hanaoka, Masaharu Kobayashi, Kazumaru Miyoshi, Kyoko Miwa, and Toru Fujiwara PMCID: PMC2002629 The Organization of High-Affinity Ammonium Uptake in Arabidopsis Roots Depends on the Spatial Arrangement and Biochemical Properties of AMT1-Type Transporters Lixing Yuan, Dominique Loqué, Soichi Kojima, Sabine Rauch, Keiki Ishiyama, Eri Inoue, Hideki Takahashi, and Nicolaus von Wirén PMCID: PMC2002620 Thiol-Based Regulation of Redox-Active Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase from Arabidopsis thaliana Leslie M. Hicks, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Eric R. Bonner, Rebecca S. Rivard, Jeanne Sheffield, and Joseph M. Jez PMCID: PMC2002632 UV-B Promotes Rapid Nuclear Translocation of the Arabidopsis UV-B–Specific Signaling Component UVR8 and Activates Its Function in the Nucleus Eirini Kaiserli and Gareth I. Jenkins PMCID: PMC2002606 Magnaporthe grisea Cutinase2 Mediates Appressorium Differentiation and Host Penetration and Is Required for Full Virulence Pari Skamnioti and Sarah J. Gurr PMCID: PMC2002628 Corrections Plant Cell. 2007 August; 19(8): 2690. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.190860.PMCID: PMC2002619 Corrects: Nan Yao, et al. Arabidopsis ACCELERATED CELL DEATH2 Modulates Programmed Cell Death. Plant Cell. 2006 February; 18(2): 397–411. Plant Cell. 2007 August; 19(8): 2691–2692. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.190861.PMCID: PMC2002625 Corrects: Brad Day, et al. NDR1 Interaction with RIN4 Mediates the Differential Activation of Multiple Disease Resistance Pathways in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2006 October; 18(10): 2782–2791. Plant Cell. 2007 August; 19(8): 2693–2694. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.190862.PMCID: PMC2002604 Corrects: Yi-shin Su, et al. Light-Independent Phytochrome Signaling Mediated by Dominant GAF Domain Tyrosine Mutants of Arabidopsis Phytochromes in Transgenic Plants. Plant Cell. 2007 July; 19(7): 2124–2139. |
