| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Commentary Plant Biology Research Comes of Age in China Haodong Chen, Valerie J. Karplus, Hong Ma, and Xing Wang Deng PMCID: PMC1693935 In This Issue Genomic Hopscotch: Gene Transfer from Plastid to Nucleus Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC1693927 In Brief Facets of Histone Acetylation Required for Light-Responsive Gene Expression PMCID: PMC1693928 RNA Turnover Plays a Role in Ethylene Signaling Nancy A. Eckardt PMCID: PMC1693962 Research Articles Experimental Reconstruction of Functional Gene Transfer from the Tobacco Plastid Genome to the Nucleus Sandra Stegemann and Ralph Bock PMCID: PMC1693929 Arabidopsis NRP1 and NRP2 Encode Histone Chaperones and Are Required for Maintaining Postembryonic Root Growth Yan Zhu, Aiwu Dong, Denise Meyer, Olivier Pichon, Jean-Pierre Renou, Kaiming Cao, and Wen-Hui Shen PMCID: PMC1693930 Arabidopsis GCN5, HD1, and TAF1/HAF2 Interact to Regulate Histone Acetylation Required for Light-Responsive Gene Expression Moussa Benhamed, Claire Bertrand, Caroline Servet, and Dao-Xiu Zhou PMCID: PMC1693931 Arabidopsis Chromatin-Associated HMGA and HMGB Use Different Nuclear Targeting Signals and Display Highly Dynamic Localization within the Nucleus Dorte Launholt, Thomas Merkle, Andreas Houben, Alexander Schulz, and Klaus D. Grasser PMCID: PMC1693932 A Constitutive Shade-Avoidance Mutant Implicates TIR-NBS-LRR Proteins in Arabidopsis Photomorphogenic Development Ana Faigón-Soverna, Franklin G. Harmon, Leonardo Storani, Elizabeth Karayekov, Roberto J. Staneloni, Walter Gassmann, Paloma Más, Jorge J. Casal, Steve A. Kay, and Marcelo J. Yanovsky PMCID: PMC1693933 The Balance between the MIR164A and CUC2 Genes Controls Leaf Margin Serration in Arabidopsis Krisztina Nikovics, Thomas Blein, Alexis Peaucelle, Tetsuya Ishida, Halima Morin, Mitsuhiro Aida, and Patrick Laufs PMCID: PMC1693934 Arabidopsis CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON3 Regulates Postembryonic Shoot Meristem and Organ Boundary Formation Ken-ichiro Hibara, Md. Rezaul Karim, Shinobu Takada, Ken-ichiro Taoka, Masahiko Furutani, Mitsuhiro Aida, and Masao Tasaka PMCID: PMC1693926 Functional Conservation of a Root Hair Cell-Specific cis-Element in Angiosperms with Different Root Hair Distribution Patterns Dong Wook Kim, Sang Ho Lee, Sang-Bong Choi, Su-Kyung Won, Yoon-Kyung Heo, Misuk Cho, Youn-Il Park, and Hyung-Taeg Cho PMCID: PMC1693936 CONSTANS and the CCAAT Box Binding Complex Share a Functionally Important Domain and Interact to Regulate Flowering of Arabidopsis Stephan Wenkel, Franziska Turck, Kamy Singer, Lionel Gissot, José Le Gourrierec, Alon Samach, and George Coupland PMCID: PMC1693937 SUPPRESSOR OF FRIGIDA4, Encoding a C2H2-Type Zinc Finger Protein, Represses Flowering by Transcriptional Activation of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS C Sanghee Kim, Kyuha Choi, Chulmin Park, Hyun-Ju Hwang, and Ilha Lee PMCID: PMC1693938 The Rice Tapetum Degeneration Retardation Gene Is Required for Tapetum Degradation and Anther Development Na Li, Da-Sheng Zhang, Hai-Sheng Liu, Chang-Song Yin, Xiao-xing Li, Wan-qi Liang, Zheng Yuan, Ben Xu, Huang-Wei Chu, Jia Wang, Tie-Qiao Wen, Hai Huang, Da Luo, Hong Ma, and Da-Bing Zhang PMCID: PMC1693939 Wax-deficient anther1 Is Involved in Cuticle and Wax Production in Rice Anther Walls and Is Required for Pollen Development Ki-Hong Jung, Min-Jung Han, Dong-yeun Lee, Yang-Seok Lee, Lukas Schreiber, Rochus Franke, Andrea Faust, Alexander Yephremov, Heinz Saedler, Yong-Woo Kim, Inhwan Hwang, and Gynheung An PMCID: PMC1693940 Tobacco RhoGTPase ACTIVATING PROTEIN1 Spatially Restricts Signaling of RAC/Rop to the Apex of Pollen Tubes Ulrich Klahre and Benedikt Kost PMCID: PMC1693941 The Exoribonuclease XRN4 Is a Component of the Ethylene Response Pathway in Arabidopsis Thomas Potuschak, Amérin Vansiri, Brad M. Binder, Esther Lechner, Richard D. Vierstra, and Pascal Genschik PMCID: PMC1693942 The POLARIS Peptide of Arabidopsis Regulates Auxin Transport and Root Growth via Effects on Ethylene Signaling Paul M. Chilley, Stuart A. Casson, Petr Tarkowski, Nathan Hawkins, Kevin L.-C. Wang, Patrick J. Hussey, Mike Beale, Joseph R. Ecker, Göran K. Sandberg, and Keith Lindsey PMCID: PMC1693943 The Arabidopsis Histidine Phosphotransfer Proteins Are Redundant Positive Regulators of Cytokinin Signaling Claire E. Hutchison, Jie Li, Cristiana Argueso, Monica Gonzalez, Eurie Lee, Michael W. Lewis, Bridey B. Maxwell, Tony D. Perdue, G. Eric Schaller, Jose M. Alonso, Joseph R. Ecker, and Joseph J. Kieber PMCID: PMC1693944 Arabidopsis SAMT1 Defines a Plastid Transporter Regulating Plastid Biogenesis and Plant Development Florence Bouvier, Nicole Linka, Jean-Charles Isner, Jérôme Mutterer, Andreas P.M. Weber, and Bilal Camara PMCID: PMC1693945 Lack of the Light-Harvesting Complex CP24 Affects the Structure and Function of the Grana Membranes of Higher Plant Chloroplasts László Kovács, Jakob Damkjær, Sami Kereïche, Cristian Ilioaia, Alexander V. Ruban, Egbert J. Boekema, Stefan Jansson, and Peter Horton PMCID: PMC1693946 Psb27, a Cyanobacterial Lipoprotein, Is Involved in the Repair Cycle of Photosystem II Marc M. Nowaczyk, Romano Hebeler, Eberhard Schlodder, Helmut E. Meyer, Bettina Warscheid, and Matthias Rögner PMCID: PMC1693947 A Membrane-Bound NAC Transcription Factor Regulates Cell Division in Arabidopsis Youn-Sung Kim, Sang-Gyu Kim, Jung-Eun Park, Hye-Young Park, Mi-Hye Lim, Nam-Hai Chua, and Chung-Mo Park PMCID: PMC1693948 SIAMESE, a Plant-Specific Cell Cycle Regulator, Controls Endoreplication Onset in Arabidopsis thaliana Michelle L. Churchman, Matthew L. Brown, Naohiro Kato, Viktor Kirik, Martin Hülskamp, Dirk Inzé, Lieven De Veylder, Jason D. Walker, Zhengui Zheng, David G. Oppenheimer, Taylor Gwin, Jason Churchman, and John C. Larkin PMCID: PMC1693949 SND1, a NAC Domain Transcription Factor, Is a Key Regulator of Secondary Wall Synthesis in Fibers of Arabidopsis Ruiqin Zhong, Taku Demura, and Zheng-Hua Ye PMCID: PMC1693950 Subcellular Trafficking of the Arabidopsis Auxin Influx Carrier AUX1 Uses a Novel Pathway Distinct from PIN1 Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, Pankaj Dhonukshe, Ranjan Swarup, Malcolm Bennett, and Jiří Friml PMCID: PMC1693951 Plant N-Glycan Processing Enzymes Employ Different Targeting Mechanisms for Their Spatial Arrangement along the Secretory Pathway Claude Saint-Jore-Dupas, Andreas Nebenführ, Aurélia Boulaflous, Marie-Laure Follet-Gueye, Carole Plasson, Chris Hawes, Azeddine Driouich, Loïc Faye, and Véronique Gomord PMCID: PMC1693952 The Crystal Structure of Arabidopsis thaliana Allene Oxide Cyclase: Insights into the Oxylipin Cyclization Reaction Eckhard Hofmann, Philipp Zerbe, and Florian Schaller PMCID: PMC1693953 Insights into Nuclear Organization in Plants as Revealed by the Dynamic Distribution of Arabidopsis SR Splicing Factors Vinciane Tillemans, Isabelle Leponce, Glwadys Rausin, Laurence Dispa, and Patrick Motte PMCID: PMC1693954 Arabidopsis SLIM1 Is a Central Transcriptional Regulator of Plant Sulfur Response and Metabolism Akiko Maruyama-Nakashita, Yumiko Nakamura, Takayuki Tohge, Kazuki Saito, and Hideki Takahashi PMCID: PMC1693955 Two Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase Isoforms of Maize Are Specifically Involved in the Control of Grain Production Antoine Martin, Judy Lee, Thomas Kichey, Denise Gerentes, Michel Zivy, Christophe Tatout, Frédéric Dubois, Thierry Balliau, Benoît Valot, Marlène Davanture, Thérèse Tercé-Laforgue, Isabelle Quilleré, Marie Coque, André Gallais, María-Begoña Gonzalez-Moro, Linda Bethencourt, Dimah Z. Habash, Peter J. Lea, Alain Charcosset, Pascual Perez, Alain Murigneux, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Keith J. Edwards, and Bertrand Hirel PMCID: PMC1693956 C-23 Hydroxylation by Arabidopsis CYP90C1 and CYP90D1 Reveals a Novel Shortcut in Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis Toshiyuki Ohnishi, Anna-Maria Szatmari, Bunta Watanabe, Satomi Fujita, Simona Bancos, Csaba Koncz, Marcel Lafos, Kyomi Shibata, Takao Yokota, Kanzo Sakata, Miklos Szekeres, and Masaharu Mizutani PMCID: PMC1693957 The Transcription Factors WRKY11 and WRKY17 Act as Negative Regulators of Basal Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana Noëllie Journot-Catalino, Imre E. Somssich, Dominique Roby, and Thomas Kroj PMCID: PMC1693958 Silencing Threonine Deaminase and JAR4 in Nicotiana attenuata Impairs Jasmonic Acid–Isoleucine–Mediated Defenses against Manduca sexta Jin-Ho Kang, Lei Wang, Ashok Giri, and Ian T. Baldwin PMCID: PMC1693959 Protein Polyubiquitination Plays a Role in Basal Host Resistance of Barley Wubei Dong, Daniela Nowara, and Patrick Schweizer PMCID: PMC1693960 A Ferroxidation/Permeation Iron Uptake System Is Required for Virulence in Ustilago maydis Heiko Eichhorn, Franziska Lessing, Britta Winterberg, Jan Schirawski, Jörg Kämper, Philip Müller, and Regine Kahmann PMCID: PMC1693961 |
