| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Focus Issue on the Plant Cytoskeleton State of the Field The Cytoskeleton Becomes Multidisciplinary Geoffrey O. Wasteneys and Zhenbiao Yang Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3853–3854. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900130.PMCID: PMC535818 Update on +TIPS and Microtubule Regulation +TIPs and Microtubule Regulation. The Beginning of the Plus End in Plants Sherryl R. Bisgrove, Whitney E. Hable, and Darryl L. Kropf Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3855–3863. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.051037.PMCID: PMC535819 Update on Cytoskeletal Motors in Arabidopsis Cytoskeletal Motors in Arabidopsis. Sixty-One Kinesins and Seventeen Myosins Yuh-Ru Julie Lee and Bo Liu Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3877–3883. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052621.PMCID: PMC535821 Update on Cytoskeletal Response in Biotic Interactions The Cytoskeleton as a Regulator and Target of Biotic Interactions in Plants Daigo Takemoto and Adrienne R. Hardham Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3864–3876. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052159.PMCID: PMC535820 Update on the Plant Cytoskeleton New Views on the Plant Cytoskeleton Geoffrey O. Wasteneys and Zhenbiao Yang Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3884–3891. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900133.PMCID: PMC535822 Research Articles Ca2+-Permeable Channels in the Plasma Membrane of Arabidopsis Pollen Are Regulated by Actin Microfilaments Yong-Fei Wang, Liu-Min Fan, Wen-Zheng Zhang, Wei Zhang, and Wei-Hua Wu Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3892–3904. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.042754.PMCID: PMC535823 Reorganization and in Vivo Dynamics of Microtubules during Arabidopsis Root Hair Development Nathalie Van Bruaene, Greg Joss, and Patrick Van Oostveldt Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3905–3919. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.031591.PMCID: PMC535824 Molecular Bases for Sensitivity to Tubulin-Binding Herbicides in Green Foxtail Christophe Délye, Yosra Menchari, Séverine Michel, and Henri Darmency Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3920–3932. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.037432.PMCID: PMC535825 Plant-Specific Microtubule-Associated Protein SPIRAL2 Is Required for Anisotropic Growth in Arabidopsis Tsubasa Shoji, Noriyuki N. Narita, Kazuyuki Hayashi, Junko Asada, Takahiro Hamada, Seiji Sonobe, Keiji Nakajima, and Takashi Hashimoto Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3933–3944. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.051748.PMCID: PMC535826 A Plant-Specific Kinesin Binds to Actin Microfilaments and Interacts with Cortical Microtubules in Cotton Fibers Mary L. Preuss, David R. Kovar, Y.-R. Julie Lee, Christopher J. Staiger, Deborah P. Delmer, and Bo Liu Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3945–3955. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052340.PMCID: PMC535827 In Vivo Dynamics and Differential Microtubule-Binding Activities of MAP65 Proteins Daniël Van Damme, Kris Van Poucke, Emmanuel Boutant, Christophe Ritzenthaler, Dirk Inzé, and Danny Geelen Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3956–3967. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.051623.PMCID: PMC535828 A Green Fluorescent Protein Fusion to Actin-Binding Domain 2 of Arabidopsis Fimbrin Highlights New Features of a Dynamic Actin Cytoskeleton in Live Plant Cells Michael B. Sheahan, Chris J. Staiger, Ray J. Rose, and David W. McCurdy Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3968–3978. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.049411.PMCID: PMC535829 Identification and Characterization of a Ca2+-Dependent Actin Filament-Severing Protein from Lily Pollen Xiaoxue Fan, Jian Hou, Xiaoliang Chen, Faisal Chaudhry, Christopher J. Staiger, and Haiyun Ren Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3979–3989. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.046326.PMCID: PMC535830 Green Fluorescent Protein-mTalin Causes Defects in Actin Organization and Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis and Inhibits Actin Depolymerizing Factor's Actin Depolymerizing Activity in Vitro Tijs Ketelaar, Richard G. Anthony, and Patrick J. Hussey Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3990–3998. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.050799.PMCID: PMC535831 On the Inside On the Inside Peter V. Minorsky Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3851–3852. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900132.PMCID: PMC535817 Breakthrough Technologies Efficient Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Roots Using a Modified Tobacco Rattle Virus Vector Tracy Valentine, Jane Shaw, Vivian C. Blok, Mark S. Phillips, Karl J. Oparka, and Christophe Lacomme Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 3999–4009. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.051466.PMCID: PMC535832 Genome Analysis Arabidopsis FHY3/FAR1 Gene Family and Distinct Roles of Its Members in Light Control of Arabidopsis Development Rongcheng Lin and Haiyang Wang Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4010–4022. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052191.PMCID: PMC535833 Research Articles Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Phenolic Profiling of Caffeic Acid O-Methyltransferase-Deficient Poplar Reveals Novel Benzodioxane Oligolignols Kris Morreel, John Ralph, Fachuang Lu, Geert Goeminne, Roger Busson, Piet Herdewijn, Jan L. Goeman, Johan Van der Eycken, Wout Boerjan, and Eric Messens Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4023–4036. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.049312.PMCID: PMC535834 Polyphyletic Origin of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids within the Asteraceae. Evidence from Differential Tissue Expression of Homospermidine Synthase Sven Anke, Daniel Niemüller, Stefanie Moll, Robert Hänsch, and Dietrich Ober Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4037–4047. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052357.PMCID: PMC535835 Metabolic Engineering of the Chloroplast Genome Using the Echerichia coli ubiC Gene Reveals That Chorismate Is a Readily Abundant Plant Precursor for p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Biosynthesis Paul V. Viitanen, Andrew L. Devine, Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Deborah L. Deuel, Drew E. Van Dyk, and Henry Daniell Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4048–4060. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.050054.PMCID: PMC535836 Functional Analysis of Methylthioribose Kinase Genes in Plants Margret Sauter, Kenneth A. Cornell, Sára Beszteri, and Guillaume Rzewuski Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4061–4071. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.053587.PMCID: PMC535837 Organization of Monoterpene Biosynthesis in Mentha. Immunocytochemical Localizations of Geranyl Diphosphate Synthase, Limonene-6-Hydroxylase, Isopiperitenol Dehydrogenase, and Pulegone Reductase Glenn W. Turner and Rodney Croteau Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4215–4227. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.050229.PMCID: PMC535851 Rice Contains Two Disparate ent-Copalyl Diphosphate Synthases with Distinct Metabolic Functions Sladjana Prisic, Meimei Xu, P. Ross Wilderman, and Reuben J. Peters Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4228–4236. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.050567.PMCID: PMC535852 Identification of the Arabidopsis Palmitoyl-Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Δ7-Desaturase Gene FAD5, and Effects of Plastidial Retargeting of Arabidopsis Desaturases on the fad5 Mutant Phenotype Ingo Heilmann, Sergei Mekhedov, Barbara King, John Browse, and John Shanklin Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4237–4245. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052951.PMCID: PMC535853 Analysis in Vitro of the Enzyme CRTISO Establishes a Poly-cis-Carotenoid Biosynthesis Pathway in Plants Tal Isaacson, Itzhak Ohad, Peter Beyer, and Joseph Hirschberg Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4246–4255. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052092.PMCID: PMC535854 The Biosynthesis of UDP-Galacturonic Acid in Plants. Functional Cloning and Characterization of Arabidopsis UDP-d-Glucuronic Acid 4-Epimerase Xiaogang Gu and Maor Bar-Peled Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4256–4264. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052365.PMCID: PMC535855 Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis Nuclear SDH2-1 and SDH2-2 Genes, Encoding the Iron-Sulfur Subunit of Mitochondrial Complex II in Arabidopsis, Have Distinct Cell-Specific Expression Patterns and Promoter Activities Alvaro Elorza, Gabriel León, Isabel Gómez, Armand Mouras, Loreto Holuigue, Alejandro Araya, and Xavier Jordana Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4072–4087. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.049528.PMCID: PMC535838 Characterization of Plastidial Thioredoxins from Arabidopsis Belonging to the New y-Type Valérie Collin, Petra Lamkemeyer, Myroslawa Miginiac-Maslow, Masakazu Hirasawa, David B. Knaff, Karl-Josef Dietz, and Emmanuelle Issakidis-Bourguet Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4088–4095. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052233.PMCID: PMC535839 The Role of Plastocyanin in the Adjustment of the Photosynthetic Electron Transport to the Carbon Metabolism in Tobacco Mark Aurel Schöttler, Helmut Kirchhoff, and Engelbert Weis Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4265–4274. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052324.PMCID: PMC535856 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction Extracellular Calmodulin-Induced Stomatal Closure Is Mediated by Heterotrimeric G Protein and H2O2 Yu-Ling Chen, Rongfeng Huang, Yu-Mei Xiao, Pin Lü, Jia Chen, and Xue-Chen Wang Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4096–4103. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.047837.PMCID: PMC535840 Genotypic and Developmental Evidence for the Role of Plasmodesmatal Regulation in Cotton Fiber Elongation Mediated by Callose Turnover Yong-Ling Ruan, Shou-Min Xu, Rosemary White, and Robert T. Furbank Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4104–4113. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.051540.PMCID: PMC535841 Inactivation of the clpC1 Gene Encoding a Chloroplast Hsp100 Molecular Chaperone Causes Growth Retardation, Leaf Chlorosis, Lower Photosynthetic Activity, and a Specific Reduction in Photosystem Content Lars L.E. Sjögren, Tara M. MacDonald, Sirkka Sutinen, and Adrian K. Clarke Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4114–4126. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.053835.PMCID: PMC535842 Progression through Meiosis I and Meiosis II in Arabidopsis Anthers Is Regulated by an A-Type Cyclin Predominately Expressed in Prophase I Yixing Wang, Jean-Louis Magnard, Sheila McCormick, and Ming Yang Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4127–4135. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.051201.PMCID: PMC535843 Nitric Oxide Block of Outward-Rectifying K+ Channels Indicates Direct Control by Protein Nitrosylation in Guard Cells Sergei Sokolovski and Michael R. Blatt Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4275–4284. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.050344.PMCID: PMC535857 Differential Expression on a Daily Basis of Plastid Sigma Factor Genes from the Moss Physcomitrella patens. Regulatory Interactions among PpSig5, the Circadian Clock, and Blue Light Signaling Mediated by Cryptochromes Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Mamoru Sugita, Takato Imaizumi, Masamitsu Wada, and Setsuyuki Aoki Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4285–4298. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.053033.PMCID: PMC535858 Environmental Stress and Adaptation Characterization of Anion Channels in the Plasma Membrane of Arabidopsis Epidermal Root Cells and the Identification of a Citrate-Permeable Channel Induced by Phosphate Starvation Eugene Diatloff, Michael Roberts, Dale Sanders, and Stephen K. Roberts Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4136–4149. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.046995.PMCID: PMC535844 Inhibition of Blue Light-Dependent H+ Pumping by Abscisic Acid through Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Dephosphorylation of the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase in Guard Cell Protoplasts Xiao Zhang, Hengbin Wang, Atsushi Takemiya, Chun-peng Song, Toshinori Kinoshita, and Ken-ichiro Shimazaki Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4150–4158. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.046573.PMCID: PMC535845 Exploring the Temperature-Stress Metabolome of Arabidopsis Fatma Kaplan, Joachim Kopka, Dale W. Haskell, Wei Zhao, K. Cameron Schiller, Nicole Gatzke, Dong Yul Sung, and Charles L. Guy Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4159–4168. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.052142.PMCID: PMC535846 Short-Day Potentiation of Low Temperature-Induced Gene Expression of a C-Repeat-Binding Factor-Controlled Gene during Cold Acclimation in Silver Birch Tuula Puhakainen, Chunyang Li, Maria Boije-Malm, Jaakko Kangasjärvi, Pekka Heino, and E. Tapio Palva Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4299–4307. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.047258.PMCID: PMC535859 Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution Analysis of Sequence, Map Position, and Gene Expression Reveals Conserved Essential Genes for Iron Uptake in Arabidopsis and Tomato Petra Bauer, Thomas Thiel, Marco Klatte, Zsolt Bereczky, Tzvetina Brumbarova, Rüdiger Hell, and Ivo Grosse Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4169–4183. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.047233.PMCID: PMC535847 Effect of the Colorless non-ripening Mutation on Cell Wall Biochemistry and Gene Expression during Tomato Fruit Development and Ripening Emma M. Eriksson, Arnaud Bovy, Ken Manning, Liz Harrison, John Andrews, Jacquie De Silva, Gregory A. Tucker, and Graham B. Seymour Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4184–4197. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.045765.PMCID: PMC535848 Plant Nutrition Root-to-Shoot Transport of Sulfate in Arabidopsis. Evidence for the Role of SULTR3;5 as a Component of Low-Affinity Sulfate Transport System in the Root Vasculature Tatsuhiko Kataoka, Naomi Hayashi, Tomoyuki Yamaya, and Hideki Takahashi Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4198–4204. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.045625.PMCID: PMC535849 Promoter Analysis of the Barley Pht1;1 Phosphate Transporter Gene Identifies Regions Controlling Root Expression and Responsiveness to Phosphate Deprivation Petra H.D. Schünmann, Alan E. Richardson, Claudia E. Vickers, and Emmanuel Delhaize Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4205–4214. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.045823.PMCID: PMC535850 Can Ca2+ Fluxes to the Root Xylem Be Sustained by Ca2+-ATPases in Exodermal and Endodermal Plasma Membranes? Meghan L. Hayter and Carol A. Peterson Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4318–4325. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.041889.PMCID: PMC535861 Amino Acid Metabolism in Maize Earshoots. Implications for Assimilate Preconditioning and Nitrogen Signaling Juliann R. Seebauer, Stephen P. Moose, Bradon J. Fabbri, Lyle D. Crossland, and Frederick E. Below Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4326–4334. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.043778.PMCID: PMC535862 Whole Plant and Ecophysiology Glutamate Dehydrogenase of Tobacco Is Mainly Induced in the Cytosol of Phloem Companion Cells When Ammonia Is Provided Either Externally or Released during Photorespiration Thérèse Tercé-Laforgue, Frédéric Dubois, Sylvie Ferrario-Méry, Marie-Anne Pou de Crecenzo, Rajbir Sangwan, and Bertrand Hirel Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4308–4317. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.047548.PMCID: PMC535860 Correction Plant Physiol. 2004 December; 136(4): 4335. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900131.PMCID: PMC535863 Corrects: Philip Zimmermann, et al. GENEVESTIGATOR. Arabidopsis Microarray Database and Analysis Toolbox. Plant Physiol. 2004 September; 136(1): 2621–2632. |