| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. In This Issue Naughty Behavior of Maize Minichromosomes in Meiosis Arnaud Ronceret, Christopher G. Bozza, and Wojciech P. Pawlowski Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3835–3837. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.057968.PMCID: PMC2217633 In Brief Chloroplast Intron Splicing Mechanisms Nancy A. Eckardt Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3838. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.191210.PMCID: PMC2217634 Systemic Acquired Acclimation to High Light Nancy A. Eckardt Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3838. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.191211.PMCID: PMC2217658 Current Perspective Essay The JAZ Proteins Link Jasmonate Perception with Transcriptional Changes Aaron Santner and Mark Estelle Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3839–3842. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.056960.PMCID: PMC2217635 Review Exploring the Molecular Etiology of Dominant-Negative Mutations Reiner A. Veitia Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3843–3851. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055053.PMCID: PMC2217636 Research Articles Minichromosome Analysis of Chromosome Pairing, Disjunction, and Sister Chromatid Cohesion in Maize Fangpu Han, Zhi Gao, Weichang Yu, and James A. Birchler Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3853–3863. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055905.PMCID: PMC2217637 A CRM Domain Protein Functions Dually in Group I and Group II Intron Splicing in Land Plant Chloroplasts Yukari Asakura and Alice Barkan Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3864–3875. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055160.PMCID: PMC2217638 Gibberellin Regulates Pollen Viability and Pollen Tube Growth in Rice Tory Chhun, Koichiro Aya, Kenji Asano, Eiji Yamamoto, Yoichi Morinaka, Masao Watanabe, Hidemi Kitano, Motoyuki Ashikari, Makoto Matsuoka, and Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3876–3888. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.054759.PMCID: PMC2217639 Cytokinins Act Directly on Lateral Root Founder Cells to Inhibit Root Initiation Laurent Laplaze, Eva Benkova, Ilda Casimiro, Lies Maes, Steffen Vanneste, Ranjan Swarup, Dolf Weijers, Vanessa Calvo, Boris Parizot, Maria Begoña Herrera-Rodriguez, Remko Offringa, Neil Graham, Patrick Doumas, Jiri Friml, Didier Bogusz, Tom Beeckman, and Malcolm Bennett Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3889–3900. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055863.PMCID: PMC2217640 Cytokinin Regulates Type-A Arabidopsis Response Regulator Activity and Protein Stability via Two-Component Phosphorelay Jennifer P.C. To, Jean Deruère, Bridey B. Maxwell, Veronica F. Morris, Claire E. Hutchison, Fernando J. Ferreira, G. Eric Schaller, and Joseph J. Kieber Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3901–3914. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.052662.PMCID: PMC2217641 The Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor PIF5 Acts on Ethylene Biosynthesis and Phytochrome Signaling by Distinct Mechanisms Rajnish Khanna, Yu Shen, Colleen M. Marion, Atsunari Tsuchisaka, Athanasios Theologis, Eberhard Schäfer, and Peter H. Quail Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3915–3929. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.051508.PMCID: PMC2217642 P-Glycoprotein4 Displays Auxin Efflux Transporter–Like Action in Arabidopsis Root Hair Cells and Tobacco Cells Misuk Cho, Sang Ho Lee, and Hyung-Taeg Cho Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3930–3943. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.054288.PMCID: PMC2217643 Plastid Signals Remodel Light Signaling Networks and Are Essential for Efficient Chloroplast Biogenesis in Arabidopsis Michael E. Ruckle, Stephanie M. DeMarco, and Robert M. Larkin Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3944–3960. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.054312.PMCID: PMC2217644 Two Distinct Forms of M-Locus Protein Kinase Localize to the Plasma Membrane and Interact Directly with S-Locus Receptor Kinase to Transduce Self-Incompatibility Signaling in Brassica rapa Mitsuru Kakita, Kohji Murase, Megumi Iwano, Tomohito Matsumoto, Masao Watanabe, Hiroshi Shiba, Akira Isogai, and Seiji Takayama Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3961–3973. doi: 10.1105/tpc.106.049999.PMCID: PMC2217645 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase1 Interacts with NORK and Is Crucial for Nodulation in Medicago truncatula Zoltán Kevei, Géraldine Lougnon, Peter Mergaert, Gábor V. Horváth, Attila Kereszt, Dhileepkumar Jayaraman, Najia Zaman, Fabian Marcel, Krzysztof Regulski, György B. Kiss, Adam Kondorosi, Gabriella Endre, Eva Kondorosi, and Jean-Michel Ané Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3974–3989. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.053975.PMCID: PMC2217646 A Naturally Occurring Mutation in an Arabidopsis Accession Affects a β-d-Galactosidase That Increases the Hydrophilic Potential of Rhamnogalacturonan I in Seed Mucilage Audrey Macquet, Marie-Christine Ralet, Olivier Loudet, Jocelyne Kronenberger, Gregory Mouille, Annie Marion-Poll, and Helen M. North Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 3990–4006. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.050179.PMCID: PMC2217647 The Arabidopsis MUM2 Gene Encodes a β-Galactosidase Required for the Production of Seed Coat Mucilage with Correct Hydration Properties Gillian H. Dean, Huanquan Zheng, Jagdish Tewari, Jun Huang, Diana S. Young, Yeen Ting Hwang, Tamara L. Western, Nicholas C. Carpita, Maureen C. McCann, Shawn D. Mansfield, and George W. Haughn Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4007–4021. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.050609.PMCID: PMC2217648 Regulation of Rice NADPH Oxidase by Binding of Rac GTPase to Its N-Terminal Extension Hann Ling Wong, Reinhard Pinontoan, Kokoro Hayashi, Ryo Tabata, Takashi Yaeno, Kana Hasegawa, Chojiro Kojima, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Koh Iba, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4022–4034. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055624.PMCID: PMC2217649 RAR1 and HSP90 Form a Complex with Rac/Rop GTPase and Function in Innate-Immune Responses in Rice Nguyen Phuong Thao, Letian Chen, Ayako Nakashima, Shin-ichiro Hara, Kenji Umemura, Akira Takahashi, Ken Shirasu, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4035–4045. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055517.PMCID: PMC2217650 Natural Variation in RPS2-Mediated Resistance among Arabidopsis Accessions: Correlation between Gene Expression Profiles and Phenotypic Responses Remco M.P. Van Poecke, Masanao Sato, Lisa Lenarz-Wyatt, Sanford Weisberg, and Fumiaki Katagiri Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4046–4060. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.053827.PMCID: PMC2217651 Interaction between SGT1 and Cytosolic/Nuclear HSC70 Chaperones Regulates Arabidopsis Immune Responses Laurent D. Noël, Giuseppe Cagna, Johannes Stuttmann, Lennart Wirthmüller, Shigeyuki Betsuyaku, Claus-Peter Witte, Riyaz Bhat, Nathalie Pochon, Thomas Colby, and Jane E. Parker Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4061–4076. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.051896.PMCID: PMC2217652 The Downy Mildew Effector Proteins ATR1 and ATR13 Promote Disease Susceptibility in Arabidopsis thaliana Kee Hoon Sohn, Rita Lei, Adnane Nemri, and Jonathan D.G. Jones Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4077–4090. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.054262.PMCID: PMC2217653 Systemic and Intracellular Responses to Photooxidative Stress in Arabidopsis Jan Bart Rossel, Pip B. Wilson, Dawar Hussain, Nick S. Woo, Matthew J. Gordon, Osman P. Mewett, Katharine A. Howell, Jim Whelan, Kemal Kazan, and Barry J. Pogson Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4091–4110. doi: 10.1105/tpc.106.045898.PMCID: PMC2217654 An Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response in Arabidopsis Is Mediated by Proteolytic Processing and Nuclear Relocation of a Membrane-Associated Transcription Factor, bZIP28 Jian-Xiang Liu, Renu Srivastava, Ping Che, and Stephen H. Howell Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4111–4119. doi: 10.1105/tpc.106.050021.PMCID: PMC2217655 S-Nitrosylation of Peroxiredoxin II E Promotes Peroxynitrite-Mediated Tyrosine Nitration Maria C. Romero-Puertas, Miriam Laxa, Alessandro Mattè, Federica Zaninotto, Iris Finkemeier, Alex M.E. Jones, Michele Perazzolli, Elodie Vandelle, Karl-Josef Dietz, and Massimo Delledonne Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4120–4130. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055061.PMCID: PMC2217656 Correction Plant Cell. 2007 December; 19(12): 4131–4132. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.191260.PMCID: PMC2217657 Corrects: Paul D. Fraser, et al. Manipulation of Phytoene Levels in Tomato Fruit: Effects on Isoprenoids, Plastids, and Intermediary Metabolism. Plant Cell. 2007 October; 19(10): 3194–3211. |