| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Commentary Returning to Our Roots: Making Plant Biology Research Relevant to Future Challenges in Agriculture Steven J. Rothstein PMCID: PMC2048712 In This Issue Positive and Negative Feedback Coordinate Regulation of Disease Resistance Gene Expression Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC2048711 In Brief Shoot Meristem Development Depends on N-Myristoylation of SnRK1 Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC2048710 Brassinosteroid Signaling Involves the Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling Activity of BZR1 Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC2048691 Research Articles Oryza sativa Dicer-like4 Reveals a Key Role for Small Interfering RNA Silencing in Plant Development Bin Liu, Zhiyu Chen, Xianwei Song, Chunyan Liu, Xia Cui, Xianfeng Zhao, Jun Fang, Wenying Xu, Huiyong Zhang, Xiujie Wang, Chengcai Chu, Xingwang Deng, Yongbiao Xue, and Xiaofeng Cao PMCID: PMC2048709 The Arabidopsis BEL1-LIKE HOMEODOMAIN Proteins SAW1 and SAW2 Act Redundantly to Regulate KNOX Expression Spatially in Leaf Margins Ravi Kumar, Kumuda Kushalappa, Dietmute Godt, Mark S. Pidkowich, Sandro Pastorelli, Shelley R. Hepworth, and George W. Haughn PMCID: PMC2048708 The GIGANTEA-Regulated MicroRNA172 Mediates Photoperiodic Flowering Independent of CONSTANS in Arabidopsis Jae-Hoon Jung, Yeon-Hee Seo, Pil Joon Seo, Jose Luis Reyes, Ju Yun, Nam-Hai Chua, and Chung-Mo Park PMCID: PMC2048707 Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of BZR1 Mediated by Phosphorylation Is Essential in Arabidopsis Brassinosteroid Signaling Hojin Ryu, Kangmin Kim, Hyunwoo Cho, Joonghyuk Park, Sunghwa Choe, and Ildoo Hwang PMCID: PMC2048706 The Arabidopsis CLASP Gene Encodes a Microtubule-Associated Protein Involved in Cell Expansion and Division J. Christian Ambrose, Tsubasa Shoji, Amanda M. Kotzer, Jamie A. Pighin, and Geoffrey O. Wasteneys PMCID: PMC2048705 The MYB46 Transcription Factor Is a Direct Target of SND1 and Regulates Secondary Wall Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Ruiqin Zhong, Elizabeth A. Richardson, and Zheng-Hua Ye PMCID: PMC2048704 LITTLE NUCLEI Genes Affecting Nuclear Morphology in Arabidopsis thaliana Travis A. Dittmer, Nicola J. Stacey, Keiko Sugimoto-Shirasu, and Eric J. Richards PMCID: PMC2048703 N-Myristoylation Regulates the SnRK1 Pathway in Arabidopsis Michèle Pierre, José A. Traverso, Bertrand Boisson, Séverine Domenichini, David Bouchez, Carmela Giglione, and Thierry Meinnel PMCID: PMC2048702 INCURVATA2 Encodes the Catalytic Subunit of DNA Polymerase α and Interacts with Genes Involved in Chromatin-Mediated Cellular Memory in Arabidopsis thaliana José María Barrero, Rebeca González-Bayón, Juan Carlos del Pozo, María Rosa Ponce, and José Luis Micol PMCID: PMC2048701 The Exposed N-Terminal Tail of the D1 Subunit Is Required for Rapid D1 Degradation during Photosystem II Repair in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 Josef Komenda, Martin Tichý, Ondřej Prášil, Jana Knoppová, Stanislava Kuviková, Remco de Vries, and Peter J. Nixon PMCID: PMC2048700 An Oncoprotein from the Plant Pathogen Agrobacterium Has Histone Chaperone–Like Activity Shinji Terakura, Yoshihisa Ueno, Hideaki Tagami, Saeko Kitakura, Chiyoko Machida, Hiroetsu Wabiko, Hiroji Aiba, Léon Otten, Hironaka Tsukagoshi, Kenzo Nakamura, and Yasunori Machida PMCID: PMC2048699 AP2-ERF Transcription Factors Mediate Nod Factor–Dependent Mt ENOD11 Activation in Root Hairs via a Novel cis-Regulatory Motif Andry Andriankaja, Aurélien Boisson-Dernier, Lisa Frances, Laurent Sauviac, Alain Jauneau, David G. Barker, and Fernanda de Carvalho-Niebel PMCID: PMC2048698 Molecular Architecture of Strictosidine Glucosidase: The Gateway to the Biosynthesis of the Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid Family Leif Barleben, Santosh Panjikar, Martin Ruppert, Juergen Koepke, and Joachim Stöckigt PMCID: PMC2048697 Crystal Structures of Flax Rust Avirulence Proteins AvrL567-A and -D Reveal Details of the Structural Basis for Flax Disease Resistance Specificity Ching-I A. Wang, Gregor Gunčar, Jade K. Forwood, Trazel Teh, Ann-Maree Catanzariti, Gregory J. Lawrence, Fionna E. Loughlin, Joel P. Mackay, Horst Joachim Schirra, Peter A. Anderson, Jeffrey G. Ellis, Peter N. Dodds, and Boštjan Kobe PMCID: PMC2048696 Functional Dissection of Naturally Occurring Amino Acid Substitutions in eIF4E That Confers Recessive Potyvirus Resistance in Plants Inhwa Yeam, Jason R. Cavatorta, Daniel R. Ripoll, Byoung-Cheorl Kang, and Molly M. Jahn PMCID: PMC2048695 A Cluster of Disease Resistance Genes in Arabidopsis Is Coordinately Regulated by Transcriptional Activation and RNA Silencing Hankuil Yi and Eric J. Richards PMCID: PMC2048694 Rice Pti1a Negatively Regulates RAR1-Dependent Defense Responses Akira Takahashi, Ganesh Kumar Agrawal, Muneo Yamazaki, Katsura Onosato, Akio Miyao, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto, and Hirohiko Hirochika PMCID: PMC2048693 The Arabidopsis E3 SUMO Ligase SIZ1 Regulates Plant Growth and Drought Responses Rafael Catala, Jian Ouyang, Isabel A. Abreu, Yuxin Hu, Haksoo Seo, Xiuren Zhang, and Nam-Hai Chua PMCID: PMC2048692 |
