| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. In This Issue What Makes a Grass? DROOPING LEAF Influences Flower and Leaf Development in Rice Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC540261 Research Articles Downregulation of the Petunia hybrida α-Expansin Gene PhEXP1 Reduces the Amount of Crystalline Cellulose in Cell Walls and Leads to Phenotypic Changes in Petal Limbs Sara Zenoni, Lara Reale, Giovanni Battista Tornielli, Luisa Lanfaloni, Andrea Porceddu, Alberto Ferrarini, Chiaraluce Moretti, Anita Zamboni, Adolfo Speghini, Francesco Ferranti, and Mario Pezzotti PMCID: PMC341904 Convergent Evolution of Disease Resistance Gene Specificity in Two Flowering Plant Families Tom Ashfield, Laura E. Ong, Kan Nobuta, Christopher M. Schneider, and Roger W. Innes PMCID: PMC341905 The WRKY70 Transcription Factor: A Node of Convergence for Jasmonate-Mediated and Salicylate-Mediated Signals in Plant Defense Jing Li, Günter Brader, and E. Tapio Palva PMCID: PMC341906 Apoplastic Synthesis of Nitric Oxide by Plant Tissues Paul C. Bethke, Murray R. Badger, and Russell L. Jones PMCID: PMC341907 Interchromatid and Interhomolog Recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana Jean Molinier, Gerhard Ries, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, and Barbara Hohn PMCID: PMC341908 Divergent Roles in Arabidopsis thaliana Development and Defense of Two Homologous Genes, ABERRANT GROWTH AND DEATH2 and AGD2-LIKE DEFENSE RESPONSE PROTEIN1, Encoding Novel Aminotransferases Jong Tae Song, Hua Lu, and Jean T. Greenberg PMCID: PMC341909 Activation of Gibberellin Biosynthesis and Response Pathways by Low Temperature during Imbibition of Arabidopsis thaliana Seeds Yukika Yamauchi, Mikihiro Ogawa, Ayuko Kuwahara, Atsushi Hanada, Yuji Kamiya, and Shinjiro Yamaguchi PMCID: PMC341910 MASSUGU2 Encodes Aux/IAA19, an Auxin-Regulated Protein That Functions Together with the Transcriptional Activator NPH4/ARF7 to Regulate Differential Growth Responses of Hypocotyl and Formation of Lateral Roots in Arabidopsis thaliana Kiyoshi Tatematsu, Satoshi Kumagai, Hideki Muto, Atsuko Sato, Masaaki K. Watahiki, Reneé M. Harper, Emmanuel Liscum, and Kotaro T. Yamamoto PMCID: PMC341911 Peroxisomal Acyl-CoA Synthetase Activity Is Essential for Seedling Development in Arabidopsis thaliana Martin Fulda, Judy Schnurr, Amine Abbadi, Ernst Heinz, and John Browse PMCID: PMC341912 The Arabidopsis thaliana ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE8 Locus Encodes a Novel Protein Mediating Abscisic Acid and Sugar Responses Essential for Growth Inès Brocard-Gifford, Tim J. Lynch, M. Emily Garcia, Bhupinder Malhotra, and Ruth R. Finkelstein PMCID: PMC341913 Two Classes of the Cdh1-Type Activators of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex in Plants: Novel Functional Domains and Distinct Regulation Sylvie Tarayre, José Maria Vinardell, Angel Cebolla, Adam Kondorosi, and Eva Kondorosi PMCID: PMC341914 Transgenic Evaluation of Activated Mutant Alleles of SOS2 Reveals a Critical Requirement for Its Kinase Activity and C-Terminal Regulatory Domain for Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana Yan Guo, Quan-Sheng Qiu, Francisco J. Quintero, José M. Pardo, Masaru Ohta, Changqing Zhang, Karen S. Schumaker, and Jian-Kang Zhu PMCID: PMC341915 Mutations in the pale aleurone color1 Regulatory Gene of the Zea mays Anthocyanin Pathway Have Distinct Phenotypes Relative to the Functionally Similar TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1 Gene in Arabidopsis thaliana Charles C. Carey, Josie T. Strahle, David A. Selinger, and Vicki L. Chandler PMCID: PMC341916 The Arabidopsis thaliana Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate Reductase Gene SUPPRESSOR OF FATTY ACID DESATURASE DEFICIENCY1 Is Required for Glycerolipid Metabolism and for the Activation of Systemic Acquired Resistance Ashis Nandi, Ruth Welti, and Jyoti Shah PMCID: PMC341917 In-Depth Analysis of the Thylakoid Membrane Proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana Chloroplasts: New Proteins, New Functions, and a Plastid Proteome Database Giulia Friso, Lisa Giacomelli, A. Jimmy Ytterberg, Jean-Benoit Peltier, Andrea Rudella, Qi Sun, and Klaas J. van Wijk PMCID: PMC341918 The YABBY Gene DROOPING LEAF Regulates Carpel Specification and Midrib Development in Oryza sativa Takahiro Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro Nagasawa, Shinji Kawasaki, Makoto Matsuoka, Yasuo Nagato, and Hiro-Yuki Hirano PMCID: PMC341919 Extensive Maternal DNA Hypomethylation in the Endosperm of Zea mays Massimiliano Lauria, Mary Rupe, Mei Guo, Erhard Kranz, Raul Pirona, Angelo Viotti, and Gertrud Lund PMCID: PMC341920 A Plasma Membrane Protein from Zea mays Binds with the Herbivore Elicitor Volicitin Christopher L. Truitt, Han-Xun Wei, and Paul W. Paré PMCID: PMC341921 Aux/IAA Proteins Contain a Potent Transcriptional Repression Domain Shiv B. Tiwari, Gretchen Hagen, and Tom J. Guilfoyle PMCID: PMC341922 The Arabidopsis thaliana REDUCED EPIDERMAL FLUORESCENCE1 Gene Encodes an Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Involved in Ferulic Acid and Sinapic Acid Biosynthesis Ramesh B. Nair, Kristen L. Bastress, Max O. Ruegger, Jeff W. Denault, and Clint Chapple PMCID: PMC341923 Corrections Plant Cell. 2004 February; 16(2): 555. doi: 10.1105/tpc.1600555a.PMCID: PMC359404 Corrects: Milo J. Aukerman, et al. Regulation of Flowering Time and Floral Organ Identity by a MicroRNA and Its APETALA2-Like Target Genes. Plant Cell. 2003 November; 15(11): 2730–2741. Plant Cell. 2004 February; 16(2): 555. doi: 10.1105/tpc.1600555b.PMCID: PMC359405 Corrects: Rafael Catalá, et al. Mutations in the Ca2+/H+ Transporter CAX1 Increase CBF/DREB1 Expression and the Cold-Acclimation Response in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2003 December; 15(12): 2940–2951. |
