| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. On the Inside Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 381–382. PMCID: PMC1540278 Scientific Correspondence Control of Guard Cell Ion Channels by Hydrogen Peroxide and Abscisic Acid Indicates Their Action through Alternate Signaling Pathways B. Kohler, A. Hills, and M. R. Blatt Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 385–388. PMCID: PMC1540280 The Hot and the Classic Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 383–384. PMCID: PMC1540279 Meeting Reports The Development of Plant Leaves J. L. Micol and S. Hake Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 389–394. PMCID: PMC1540281 Nitrate Finds a Place in the Sun B. G. Forde and J. A. Cole Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 395–400. PMCID: PMC1540282 Research Articles Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Subcellular Targeting of Methylmercury Lyase Enhances Its Specific Activity for Organic Mercury Detoxification in Plants Scott P. Bizily, Tehryung Kim, Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy, and Richard B. Meagher Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 463–471. doi: 10.1104/pp.010124.PMCID: PMC166823 Homogentisate Phytyltransferase Activity Is Limiting for Tocopherol Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Eva Collakova and Dean DellaPenna Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 632–642. doi: 10.1104/pp.015222.PMCID: PMC166839 A Low-Starch Barley Mutant, Risø 16, Lacking the Cytosolic Small Subunit of ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase, Reveals the Importance of the Cytosolic Isoform and the Identity of the Plastidial Small Subunit Philip E. Johnson, Nicola J. Patron, Andrew R. Bottrill, Jason R. Dinges, Brendan F. Fahy, Mary L. Parker, Darren N. Waite, and Kay Denyer Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 684–696. doi: 10.1104/pp.013094.PMCID: PMC166844 A New Type of a Multifunctional β-Oxidation Enzyme in Euglena Uwe Winkler, Werner Säftel, and Helmut Stabenau Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 753–762. doi: 10.1104/pp.013151.PMCID: PMC166851 Expression of Cytosolic and Plastid Acetyl-Coenzyme A Carboxylase Genes in Young Wheat Plants Jan Podkowinski, Joanna Jelenska, Anchalee Sirikhachornkit, Ellen Zuther, Robert Haselkorn, and Piotr Gornicki Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 763–772. doi: 10.1104/pp.013169.PMCID: PMC166852 Metabolic Engineering of Valine- and Isoleucine-Derived Glucosinolates in Arabidopsis Expressing CYP79D2 from Cassava Michael Dalgaard Mikkelsen and Barbara Ann Halkier Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 773–779. doi: 10.1104/pp.013425.PMCID: PMC166853 In Plants, 3-O-Methylglucose Is Phosphorylated by Hexokinase But Not Perceived as a Sugar Sandra Cortès, Marina Gromova, Adeline Evrard, Claude Roby, Alain Heyraud, Dominique B. Rolin, Philippe Raymond, and Renaud M. Brouquisse Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 824–837. doi: 10.1104/pp.010538.PMCID: PMC166858 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction WVD2 and WDL1 Modulate Helical Organ Growth and Anisotropic Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis Christen Y.L. Yuen, Rebecca S. Pearlman, Laura Silo-suh, Pierre Hilson, Kathleen L. Carroll, and Patrick H. Masson Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 493–506. doi: 10.1104/pp.015966.PMCID: PMC166826 The Arabidopsis STICHEL Gene Is a Regulator of Trichome Branch Number and Encodes a Novel Protein Hilmar Ilgenfritz, Daniel Bouyer, Arp Schnittger, Jaideep Mathur, Victor Kirik, Birgit Schwab, Nam-Hai Chua, Gerd Jürgens, and Martin Hülskamp Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 643–655. doi: 10.1104/pp.014209.PMCID: PMC166840 Single-Cell Measurements of the Contributions of Cytosolic Na+ and K+ to Salt Tolerance David E. Carden, David J. Walker, Timothy J. Flowers, and Anthony J. Miller Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 676–683. doi: 10.1104/pp.011445.PMCID: PMC166843 Zonal Changes in Ascorbate and Hydrogen Peroxide Contents, Peroxidase, and Ascorbate-Related Enzyme Activities in Onion Roots María del Carmen Córdoba-Pedregosa, Francisco Córdoba, José Manuel Villalba, and José Antonio González-Reyes Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 697–706. doi: 10.1104/pp.012682.PMCID: PMC166845 Arabidopsis ICX1 Is a Negative Regulator of Several Pathways Regulating Flavonoid Biosynthesis Genes Helena K. Wade, Awinder K. Sohal, and Gareth I. Jenkins Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 707–715. doi: 10.1104/pp.012377.PMCID: PMC166846 Rapid Alkalinization Factors in Poplar Cell Cultures. Peptide Isolation, cDNA Cloning, and Differential Expression in Leaves and Methyl Jasmonate-Treated Cells Miyoshi Haruta and C. Peter Constabel Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 814–823. doi: 10.1104/pp.014597.PMCID: PMC166857 Development and Hormone Action A no hydrotropic response Root Mutant that Responds Positively to Gravitropism in Arabidopsis Delfeena Eapen, María Luisa Barroso, María Eugenia Campos, Georgina Ponce, Gabriel Corkidi, Joseph G. Dubrovsky, and Gladys I. Cassab Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 536–546. doi: 10.1104/pp.011841.PMCID: PMC166830 AtCSLA7, a Cellulose Synthase-Like Putative Glycosyltransferase, Is Important for Pollen Tube Growth and Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis Florence Goubet, Audrey Misrahi, Soon Ki Park, Zhinong Zhang, David Twell, and Paul Dupree Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 547–557. doi: 10.1104/pp.014555.PMCID: PMC166831 Polyamine Oxidase, a Hydrogen Peroxide-Producing Enzyme, Is Up-Regulated by Light and Down-Regulated by Auxin in the Outer Tissues of the Maize Mesocotyl Alessandra Cona, Francesco Cenci, Manuela Cervelli, Rodolfo Federico, Paolo Mariottini, Sandra Moreno, and Riccardo Angelini Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 803–813. doi: 10.1104/pp.011379.PMCID: PMC166856 Environmental Stress and Adaptation Osmotic Stress Tolerance of Transgenic Tobacco Expressing a Gene Encoding a Membrane-Located Receptor-Like Protein from Tobacco Plants Takashi Tamura, Kojiro Hara, Yube Yamaguchi, Nozomu Koizumi, and Hiroshi Sano Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 454–462. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.011007.PMCID: PMC166822 Identification of Mutants of Arabidopsis Defective in Acclimation of Photosynthesis to the Light Environment Robin G. Walters, Freya Shephard, Jennifer J.M. Rogers, Stephen A. Rolfe, and Peter Horton Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 472–481. doi: 10.1104/pp.015479.PMCID: PMC166824 Characterization of a Plant Homolog of Hop, a Cochaperone of Hsp90 Zhongming Zhang, Michelle K. Quick, Kimon C. Kanelakis, Mark Gijzen, and Priti Krishna Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 525–535. doi: 10.1104/pp.011940.PMCID: PMC166829 Comparative Transcriptional Profiling of Placenta and Endosperm in Developing Maize Kernels in Response to Water Deficit Long-Xi Yu and Tim L. Setter Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 568–582. doi: 10.1104/pp.014365.PMCID: PMC166833 Differences in Whole-Cell and Single-Channel Ion Currents across the Plasma Membrane of Mesophyll Cells from Two Closely Related Thlaspi Species Miguel A. Piñeros and Leon V. Kochian Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 583–594. doi: 10.1104/pp.011932.PMCID: PMC166834 Zinc Efficiency Is Correlated with Enhanced Expression and Activity of Zinc-Requiring Enzymes in Wheat Gökhan Hacisalihoglu, Jonathan J. Hart, Yi-Hong Wang, Ismail Cakmak, and Leon V. Kochian Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 595–602. doi: 10.1104/pp.011825.PMCID: PMC166835 Overexpression of Arabidopsis Phytochelatin Synthase Paradoxically Leads to Hypersensitivity to Cadmium Stress Sangman Lee, Jae S. Moon, Tae-Seok Ko, David Petros, Peter B. Goldsbrough, and Schuyler S. Korban Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 656–663. doi: 10.1104/pp.014118.PMCID: PMC166841 The Role of Free Histidine in Xylem Loading of Nickel in Alyssum lesbiacum and Brassica juncea Loubna Kerkeb and Ute Krämer Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 716–724. doi: 10.1104/pp102.010686.PMCID: PMC166847 A Novel Small Heat Shock Protein Gene, vis1, Contributes to Pectin Depolymerization and Juice Viscosity in Tomato Fruit Wusirika Ramakrishna, Zhiping Deng, Chang-Kui Ding, Avtar K. Handa, and Richard H. Ozminkowski, Jr. Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 725–735. doi: 10.1104/pp.012401.PMCID: PMC166848 Xylem Ray Parenchyma Cells in Boreal Hardwood Species Respond to Subfreezing Temperatures by Deep Supercooling That Is Accompanied by Incomplete Desiccation Katsushi Kuroda, Jun Kasuga, Keita Arakawa, and Seizo Fujikawa Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 736–744. doi: 10.1104/pp.011601.PMCID: PMC166849 Sudden Exposure to Solar UV-B Radiation Reduces Net CO2 Uptake and Photosystem I Efficiency in Shade-Acclimated Tropical Tree Seedlings G. Heinrich Krause, Esther Grube, Aurelio Virgo, and Klaus Winter Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 745–752. doi: 10.1104/pp.014076.PMCID: PMC166850 cor Gene Expression in Barley Mutants Affected in Chloroplast Development and Photosynthetic Electron Transport Cristina Dal Bosco, Marco Busconi, Chiara Govoni, Paolo Baldi, A. Michele Stanca, Cristina Crosatti, Roberto Bassi, and Luigi Cattivelli Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 793–802. doi: 10.1104/pp.014530.PMCID: PMC166855 Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Mitochondrial Carrier Proteins in Arabidopsis A. Harvey Millar and Joshua L. Heazlewood Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 443–453. doi: 10.1104/pp.009985.PMCID: PMC166821 Sequence Analysis of a 282-Kilobase Region Surrounding the Citrus Tristeza Virus Resistance Gene (Ctv) Locus in Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf. Zhong-Nan Yang, Xin-Rong Ye, Joe Molina, Mikeal L. Roose, and T. Erik Mirkov Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 482–492. doi: 10.1104/pp.011262.PMCID: PMC166825 The Maize Low-Phytic Acid Mutant lpa2 Is Caused by Mutation in an Inositol Phosphate Kinase Gene Jinrui Shi, Hongyu Wang, Yunsheng Wu, Jan Hazebroek, Robert B. Meeley, and David S. Ertl Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 507–515. doi: 10.1104/pp.014258.PMCID: PMC166827 Expression of a Bifunctional Fusion of the Escherichia coli Genes for Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalose-6-Phosphate Phosphatase in Transgenic Rice Plants Increases Trehalose Accumulation and Abiotic Stress Tolerance without Stunting Growth In-Cheol Jang, Se-Jun Oh, Ju-Seok Seo, Won-Bin Choi, Sang Ik Song, Chung Ho Kim, Youn Shic Kim, Hak-Soo Seo, Yang Do Choi, Baek Hie Nahm, and Ju-Kon Kim Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 516–524. doi: 10.1104/pp.007237.PMCID: PMC166828 Functional Divergence of a Syntenic Invertase Gene Family in Tomato, Potato, and Arabidopsis Eyal Fridman and Dani Zamir Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 603–609. doi: 10.1104/pp.014431.PMCID: PMC166836 Recently Duplicated Maize R2R3 Myb Genes Provide Evidence for Distinct Mechanisms of Evolutionary Divergence after Duplication Anusha P. Dias, Edward L. Braun, Michael D. McMullen, and Erich Grotewold Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 610–620. doi: 10.1104/pp.012047.PMCID: PMC166837 Plants Interacting with Other Organisms Powdery Mildew-Induced Mla mRNAs Are Alternatively Spliced and Contain Multiple Upstream Open Reading Frames Dennis A. Halterman, Fusheng Wei, and Roger P. Wise Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 558–567. doi: 10.1104/pp.014407.PMCID: PMC166832 Whole Plant and Ecophysiology Fructan 1-Exohydrolases. β-(2,1)-Trimmers during Graminan Biosynthesis in Stems of Wheat? Purification, Characterization, Mass Mapping, and Cloning of Two Fructan 1-Exohydrolase Isoforms Wim Van den Ende, Stefan Clerens, Rudy Vergauwen, Liesbet Van Riet, André Van Laere, Midori Yoshida, and Akira Kawakami Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 621–631. doi: 10.1104/pp.015305.PMCID: PMC166838 Combining Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis and an Ecophysiological Model to Analyze the Genetic Variability of the Responses of Maize Leaf Growth to Temperature and Water Deficit Matthieu Reymond, Bertrand Muller, Agnès Leonardi, Alain Charcosset, and François Tardieu Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 664–675. doi: 10.1104/pp.013839.PMCID: PMC166842 Winter at the Alpine Timberline. Why Does Embolism Occur in Norway Spruce But Not in Stone Pine? Stefan Mayr, Franziska Schwienbacher, and Helmut Bauer Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 780–792. doi: 10.1104/pp.011452.PMCID: PMC166854 Genome Analysis Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Genome Project. A Guide to the Generation and Use of the cDNA Information Jeff Shrager, Charles Hauser, Chiung-Wen Chang, Elizabeth H. Harris, John Davies, Jeff McDermott, Raquel Tamse, Zhaodou Zhang, and Arthur R. Grossman Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 401–408. doi: 10.1104/pp.016899.PMCID: PMC166817 A Sequence-Based Map of Arabidopsis Genes with Mutant Phenotypes David W. Meinke, Laura K. Meinke, Thomas C. Showalter, Anna M. Schissel, Lukas A. Mueller, and Iris Tzafrir Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 409–418. doi: 10.1104/pp.014134.PMCID: PMC166818 Comparative Analyses of Potato Expressed Sequence Tag Libraries Catherine M. Ronning, Svetlana S. Stegalkina, Robert A. Ascenzi, Oleg Bougri, Amy L. Hart, Teresa R. Utterbach, Susan E. Vanaken, Steve B. Riedmuller, Joseph A. White, Jennifer Cho, Geo M. Pertea, Yuandan Lee, Svetlana Karamycheva, Razvan Sultana, Jennifer Tsai, John Quackenbush, Helen M. Griffiths, Silvia Restrepo, Christine D. Smart, William E. Fry, Rutger van der Hoeven, Steve Tanksley, Peifen Zhang, Hailing Jin, Miki L. Yamamoto, Barbara J. Baker, and C. Robin Buell Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 419–429. doi: 10.1104/pp.013581.PMCID: PMC166819 Gene Expression in Autumn Leaves Rupali Bhalerao, Johanna Keskitalo, Fredrik Sterky, Rikard Erlandsson, Harry Björkbacka, Simon Jonsson Birve, Jan Karlsson, Per Gardeström, Petter Gustafsson, Joakim Lundeberg, and Stefan Jansson Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 430–442. doi: 10.1104/pp.012732.PMCID: PMC166820 |