| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. In This Issue Identification of Rust Fungi Avirulence Elicitors Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC1323479 Current Perspective Essay The Structure of Phytochrome: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Spectra Nathan C. Rockwell and J. Clark Lagarias PMCID: PMC1323480 Research Articles Functional Diversification of the Two C-Class MADS Box Genes OSMADS3 and OSMADS58 in Oryza sativa Takahiro Yamaguchi, Dong Yeon Lee, Akio Miyao, Hikohiko Hirochika, Gynheung An, and Hiro-Yuki Hirano PMCID: PMC1323481 A New Role for the Arabidopsis AP2 Transcription Factor, LEAFY PETIOLE, in Gibberellin-Induced Germination Is Revealed by the Misexpression of a Homologous Gene, SOB2/DRN-LIKE Jason M. Ward, Alison M. Smith, Purvi K. Shah, Sarah E. Galanti, Hankuil Yi, Agnes J. Demianski, Eric van der Graaff, Beat Keller, and Michael M. Neff PMCID: PMC1323482 Arabidopsis Cytokinin Receptor Mutants Reveal Functions in Shoot Growth, Leaf Senescence, Seed Size, Germination, Root Development, and Cytokinin Metabolism Michael Riefler, Ondrej Novak, Miroslav Strnad, and Thomas Schmülling PMCID: PMC1323483 Arabidopsis Response Regulators ARR3 and ARR4 Play Cytokinin-Independent Roles in the Control of Circadian Period Patrice A. Salomé, Jennifer P.C. To, Joseph J. Kieber, and C. Robertson McClung PMCID: PMC1323484 Arabidopsis CONSTANS-LIKE3 Is a Positive Regulator of Red Light Signaling and Root Growth Sourav Datta, G.H.C.M. Hettiarachchi, Xing-Wang Deng, and Magnus Holm PMCID: PMC1323485 ROR1/RPA2A, a Putative Replication Protein A2, Functions in Epigenetic Gene Silencing and in Regulation of Meristem Development in Arabidopsis Ran Xia, Junguo Wang, Chunyan Liu, Yu Wang, Youqun Wang, Jixian Zhai, Jun Liu, Xuhui Hong, Xiaofeng Cao, Jian-Kang Zhu, and Zhizhong Gong PMCID: PMC1323486 The Temperature-Dependent Change in Methylation of the Antirrhinum Transposon Tam3 Is Controlled by the Activity of Its Transposase Shin-Nosuke Hashida, Takako Uchiyama, Cathie Martin, Yuji Kishima, Yoshio Sano, and Tetsuo Mikami PMCID: PMC1323487 Ordered Histone Modifications Are Associated with Transcriptional Poising and Activation of the phaseolin Promoter Danny W-K. Ng, Mahesh B. Chandrasekharan, and Timothy C. Hall PMCID: PMC1323488 Different Domains Control the Localization and Mobility of LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1 in Arabidopsis Nuclei Assaf Zemach, Yan Li, Hagit Ben-Meir, Moran Oliva, Assaf Mosquna, Vladimir Kiss, Yigal Avivi, Nir Ohad, and Gideon Grafi PMCID: PMC1323489 The Serine/Arginine-Rich Protein Family in Rice Plays Important Roles in Constitutive and Alternative Splicing of Pre-mRNA Masayuki Isshiki, Ayako Tsumoto, and Ko Shimamoto PMCID: PMC1323490 Chloroplast Biogenesis of Photosystem II Cores Involves a Series of Assembly-Controlled Steps That Regulate Translation Limor Minai, Katia Wostrikoff, Francis-André Wollman, and Yves Choquet PMCID: PMC1323491 pTAC2, -6, and -12 Are Components of the Transcriptionally Active Plastid Chromosome That Are Required for Plastid Gene Expression Jeannette Pfalz, Karsten Liere, Andrea Kandlbinder, Karl-Josef Dietz, and Ralf Oelmüller PMCID: PMC1323492 Golgi-Mediated Vacuolar Sorting of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP May Play an Active Role in Quality Control within the Secretory Pathway Peter Pimpl, J. Philip Taylor, Christopher Snowden, Stefan Hillmer, David G. Robinson, and Jurgen Denecke PMCID: PMC1323493 The Arabidopsis vitamin E pathway gene5-1 Mutant Reveals a Critical Role for Phytol Kinase in Seed Tocopherol Biosynthesis Henry E. Valentin, Kim Lincoln, Farhad Moshiri, Pamela K. Jensen, Qungang Qi, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Susan R. Baszis, Susan R. Norris, Beth Savidge, Kenneth J. Gruys, and Robert L. Last PMCID: PMC1323494 Polar Localizing Class V Myosin Chitin Synthases Are Essential during Early Plant Infection in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Ustilago maydis Isabella Weber, Daniela Aßmann, Eckhard Thines, and Gero Steinberg PMCID: PMC1323495 Haustorially Expressed Secreted Proteins from Flax Rust Are Highly Enriched for Avirulence Elicitors Ann-Maree Catanzariti, Peter N. Dodds, Gregory J. Lawrence, Michael A. Ayliffe, and Jeffrey G. Ellis PMCID: PMC1323496 The Membrane-Anchored BOTRYTIS-INDUCED KINASE1 Plays Distinct Roles in Arabidopsis Resistance to Necrotrophic and Biotrophic Pathogens Paola Veronese, Hirofumi Nakagami, Burton Bluhm, Synan AbuQamar, Xi Chen, John Salmeron, Robert A. Dietrich, Heribert Hirt, and Tesfaye Mengiste PMCID: PMC1323497 |
