| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. High Impact Ethylene Response Factors in Jasmonate Signaling and Defense Response Aleel K. Grennan Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1457–1458. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900254.PMCID: PMC2287325 Update Jasmonate Signaling: Toward an Integrated View Kemal Kazan and John M. Manners Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1459–1468. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115717.PMCID: PMC2287326 On the Inside On the Inside Peter V. Minorsky Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1455–1456. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900255.PMCID: PMC2287324 Breakthrough Technologies New Connections across Pathways and Cellular Processes: Industrialized Mutant Screening Reveals Novel Associations between Diverse Phenotypes in Arabidopsis Yan Lu, Linda J. Savage, Imad Ajjawi, Kathleen M. Imre, David W. Yoder, Christoph Benning, Dean DellaPenna, John B. Ohlrogge, Katherine W. Osteryoung, Andreas P. Weber, Curtis G. Wilkerson, and Robert L. Last Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1482–1500. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115220.PMCID: PMC2287328 Advanced Data-Mining Strategies for the Analysis of Direct-Infusion Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry Data from the Association of Perennial Ryegrass with Its Endophytic Fungus, Neotyphodium lolii Mingshu Cao, Albert Koulman, Linda J. Johnson, Geoffrey A. Lane, and Susanne Rasmussen Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1501–1514. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.112458.PMCID: PMC2287329 Genome Analysis Deregulation of Maize C4 Photosynthetic Development in a Mesophyll Cell-Defective Mutant Sarah Covshoff, Wojciech Majeran, Peng Liu, Judith M. Kolkman, Klaas J. van Wijk, and Thomas P. Brutnell Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1469–1481. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.113423.PMCID: PMC2287327 Research Articles Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Phylogenomic and Functional Analysis of Pterin-4a-Carbinolamine Dehydratase Family (COG2154) Proteins in Plants and Microorganisms Valeria Naponelli, Alexandre Noiriel, Michael J. Ziemak, Stephen M. Beverley, Lon-Fye Lye, Andrew M. Plume, José Ramon Botella, Karen Loizeau, Stéphane Ravanel, Fabrice Rébeillé, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, and Andrew D. Hanson Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1515–1527. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114090.PMCID: PMC2287330 Redirection of Flavonoid Biosynthesis through the Down-Regulation of an Anthocyanidin Glucosyltransferase in Ripening Strawberry Fruit Markus Griesser, Thomas Hoffmann, Mari Luz Bellido, Carlo Rosati, Barbara Fink, Robert Kurtzer, Asaph Aharoni, Juan Muñoz-Blanco, and Wilfried Schwab Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1528–1539. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114280.PMCID: PMC2287331 Arabidopsis NAD-Malic Enzyme Functions As a Homodimer and Heterodimer and Has a Major Impact on Nocturnal Metabolism Marcos A. Tronconi, Holger Fahnenstich, Mariel C. Gerrard Weehler, Carlos S. Andreo, Ulf-Ingo Flügge, María F. Drincovich, and Verónica G. Maurino Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1540–1552. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114975.PMCID: PMC2287332 Transcriptional and Metabolic Adjustments in ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase-Deficient bt2 Maize Kernels Magalie Cossegal, Pierre Chambrier, Sylvie Mbelo, Sandrine Balzergue, Marie-Laure Martin-Magniette, Annick Moing, Catherine Deborde, Virginie Guyon, Pascual Perez, and Peter Rogowsky Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1553–1570. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.112698.PMCID: PMC2287333 Analysis of Protein Complexes in Wheat Amyloplasts Reveals Functional Interactions among Starch Biosynthetic Enzymes Ian J. Tetlow, Kim G. Beisel, Scott Cameron, Amina Makhmoudova, Fushan Liu, Nicole S. Bresolin, Robin Wait, Matthew K. Morell, and Michael J. Emes Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1878–1891. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116244.PMCID: PMC2287356 Starch Biosynthetic Enzymes from Developing Maize Endosperm Associate in Multisubunit Complexes Tracie A. Hennen-Bierwagen, Fushan Liu, Rebekah S. Marsh, Seungtaek Kim, Qinglei Gan, Ian J. Tetlow, Michael J. Emes, Martha G. James, and Alan M. Myers Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1892–1908. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116285.PMCID: PMC2287357 Proteinase Inhibitor from Ginkgo Seeds Is a Member of the Plant Nonspecific Lipid Transfer Protein Gene Family Yoriko Sawano, Ken-ichi Hatano, Takuya Miyakawa, Hideki Komagata, Yumiko Miyauchi, Hiroshi Yamazaki, and Masaru Tanokura Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1909–1919. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111500.PMCID: PMC2287358 Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis Protein Diffusion and Macromolecular Crowding in Thylakoid Membranes Helmut Kirchhoff, Silvia Haferkamp, John F. Allen, David B.A. Epstein, and Conrad W. Mullineaux Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1571–1578. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115170.PMCID: PMC2287334 Metabolic and Developmental Adaptations of Growing Potato Tubers in Response to Specific Manipulations of the Adenylate Energy Status David Riewe, Lukasz Grosman, Henrik Zauber, Cornelia Wucke, Alisdair R. Fernie, and Peter Geigenberger Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1579–1598. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.115758.PMCID: PMC2287335 In Vivo Target Sites of Nitric Oxide in Photosynthetic Electron Transport as Studied by Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Pea Leaves Barnabás Wodala, Zsuzsanna Deák, Imre Vass, László Erdei, István Altorjay, and Ferenc Horváth Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1920–1927. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.110205.PMCID: PMC2287359 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction A Plasma Membrane-Anchored Fluorescent Protein Fusion Illuminates Sieve Element Plasma Membranes in Arabidopsis and Tobacco Matthew V. Thompson and Stephen M. Wolniak Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1599–1610. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.113274.PMCID: PMC2287336 Pollen Tube Growth Oscillations and Intracellular Calcium Levels Are Reversibly Modulated by Actin Polymerization Luis Cárdenas, Alenka Lovy-Wheeler, Joseph G. Kunkel, and Peter K. Hepler Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1611–1621. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.113035.PMCID: PMC2287337 Development and Hormone Action The Transcription Factor MtSERF1 of the ERF Subfamily Identified by Transcriptional Profiling Is Required for Somatic Embryogenesis Induced by Auxin Plus Cytokinin in Medicago truncatula Feky R. Mantiri, Sergey Kurdyukov, Dasharath P. Lohar, Natalya Sharopova, Nasir A. Saeed, Xin-Ding Wang, Kathryn A. VandenBosch, and Ray J. Rose Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1622–1636. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.110379.PMCID: PMC2287338 Characteristic and Expression Analysis of a Metallothionein Gene, OsMT2b, Down-Regulated by Cytokinin Suggests Functions in Root Development and Seed Embryo Germination of Rice Jing Yuan, Dan Chen, Yujun Ren, Xuelian Zhang, and Jie Zhao Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1637–1650. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.110304.PMCID: PMC2287339 Genetic Dissection of Hormonal Responses in the Roots of Arabidopsis Grown under Continuous Mechanical Impedance Takashi Okamoto, Seiji Tsurumi, Kyohei Shibasaki, Yoshimi Obana, Hironori Takaji, Yutaka Oono, and Abidur Rahman Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1651–1662. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115519.PMCID: PMC2287340 The MADS-Domain Transcriptional Regulator AGAMOUS-LIKE15 Promotes Somatic Embryo Development in Arabidopsis and Soybean Dhiraj Thakare, Weining Tang, Kristine Hill, and Sharyn E. Perry Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1663–1672. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.115832.PMCID: PMC2287341 Elongation Changes of Exploratory and Root Hair Systems Induced by Aminocyclopropane Carboxylic Acid and Aminoethoxyvinylglycine Affect Nitrate Uptake and BnNrt2.1 and BnNrt1.1 Transporter Gene Expression in Oilseed Rape Antonin Leblanc, Hugues Renault, Julien Lecourt, Philippe Etienne, Carole Deleu, and Erwan Le Deunff Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1928–1940. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.109363.PMCID: PMC2287360 Environmental Stress and Adaptation to Stress OsPHR2 Is Involved in Phosphate-Starvation Signaling and Excessive Phosphate Accumulation in Shoots of Plants Jie Zhou, FangChang Jiao, Zhongchang Wu, Yiyi Li, Xuming Wang, Xiaowei He, Weiqi Zhong, and Ping Wu Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1673–1686. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111443.PMCID: PMC2287342 Identification of Negative cis-Acting Elements in Response to Copper in the Chloroplastic Iron Superoxide Dismutase Gene of the Moss Barbula unguiculata Miwa Nagae, Masaru Nakata, and Yohsuke Takahashi Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1687–1696. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114868.PMCID: PMC2287343 Examining the Specific Contributions of Individual Arabidopsis Metallothioneins to Copper Distribution and Metal Tolerance Woei-Jiun Guo, Metha Meetam, and Peter B. Goldsbrough Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1697–1706. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.115782.PMCID: PMC2287344 Shoot Calcium and Magnesium Concentrations Differ between Subtaxa, Are Highly Heritable, and Associate with Potentially Pleiotropic Loci in Brassica oleracea Martin R. Broadley, John P. Hammond, Graham J. King, Dave Astley, Helen C. Bowen, Mark C. Meacham, Andrew Mead, David A.C. Pink, Graham R. Teakle, Rory M. Hayden, William P. Spracklen, and Philip J. White Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1707–1720. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114645.PMCID: PMC2287345 Arabidopsis PPR40 Connects Abiotic Stress Responses to Mitochondrial Electron Transport Laura Zsigmond, Gábor Rigó, András Szarka, Gyöngyi Székely, Krisztina Ötvös, Zsuzsanna Darula, Katalin F. Medzihradszky, Csaba Koncz, Zsuzsa Koncz, and László Szabados Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1721–1737. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111260.PMCID: PMC2287346 The Native Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Photolyase of Rice Is Phosphorylated Mika Teranishi, Kentaro Nakamura, Hiroshi Morioka, Kazuo Yamamoto, and Jun Hidema Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1941–1951. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.110189.PMCID: PMC2287361 Functional Conservation of Clock-Related Genes in Flowering Plants: Overexpression and RNA Interference Analyses of the Circadian Rhythm in the Monocotyledon Lemna gibba Masayuki Serikawa, Kumiko Miwa, Takao Kondo, and Tokitaka Oyama Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1952–1963. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114611.PMCID: PMC2287362 Iron-Induced Turnover of the Arabidopsis IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 Metal Transporter Requires Lysine Residues Loubna Kerkeb, Indrani Mukherjee, Iera Chatterjee, Brett Lahner, David E. Salt, and Erin L. Connolly Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1964–1973. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.113282.PMCID: PMC2287363 Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution Barley Grain Maturation and Germination: Metabolic Pathway and Regulatory Network Commonalities and Differences Highlighted by New MapMan/PageMan Profiling Tools Nese Sreenivasulu, Björn Usadel, Andreas Winter, Volodymyr Radchuk, Uwe Scholz, Nils Stein, Winfriede Weschke, Marc Strickert, Timothy J. Close, Mark Stitt, Andreas Graner, and Ulrich Wobus Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1738–1758. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111781.PMCID: PMC2287347 Control of Compound Leaf Development by FLORICAULA/LEAFY Ortholog SINGLE LEAFLET1 in Medicago truncatula Hongliang Wang, Jianghua Chen, Jiangqi Wen, Million Tadege, Guangming Li, Yu Liu, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Pascal Ratet, and Rujin Chen Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1759–1772. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117044.PMCID: PMC2287348 The Gene for the P-Subunit of Glycine Decarboxylase from the C4 Species Flaveria trinervia: Analysis of Transcriptional Control in Transgenic Flaveria bidentis (C4) and Arabidopsis (C3) Sascha Engelmann, Christian Wiludda, Janet Burscheidt, Udo Gowik, Ute Schlue, Maria Koczor, Monika Streubel, Roberto Cossu, Hermann Bauwe, and Peter Westhoff Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1773–1785. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114462.PMCID: PMC2287349 A Homolog of ScRAD5 Is Involved in DNA Repair and Homologous Recombination in Arabidopsis I-Peng Chen, Anja Mannuss, Nadiya Orel, Fabian Heitzeberg, and Holger Puchta Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1786–1796. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116806.PMCID: PMC2287350 Sequence Variation of MicroRNAs and Their Binding Sites in Arabidopsis Ian M. Ehrenreich and Michael D. Purugganan Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1974–1982. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116582.PMCID: PMC2287364 Plants Interacting with Other Organisms Tomato Transcriptional Changes in Response to Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis Reveal a Role for Ethylene in Disease Development Vasudevan Balaji, Maya Mayrose, Ofra Sherf, Jasmine Jacob-Hirsch, Rudolf Eichenlaub, Naim Iraki, Shulamit Manulis-Sasson, Gideon Rechavi, Isaac Barash, and Guido Sessa Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1797–1809. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115188.PMCID: PMC2287351 Herbivore-Induced Callose Deposition on the Sieve Plates of Rice: An Important Mechanism for Host Resistance Peiying Hao, Caixiang Liu, Yuanyuan Wang, Rongzhi Chen, Ming Tang, Bo Du, Lili Zhu, and Guangcun He Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1810–1820. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111484.PMCID: PMC2287352 A Novel WRKY Transcription Factor Is Required for Induction of PR-1a Gene Expression by Salicylic Acid and Bacterial Elicitors Marcel C. van Verk, Dimitri Pappaioannou, Lyda Neeleman, John F. Bol, and Huub J.M. Linthorst Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1983–1995. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.112789.PMCID: PMC2287365 Influence of Green Leaf Herbivory by Manduca sexta on Floral Volatile Emission by Nicotiana suaveolens Uta Effmert, Claudia Dinse, and Birgit Piechulla Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1996–2007. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.112326.PMCID: PMC2287366 Differential Regulation of Root Arginine Catabolism and Polyamine Metabolism in Clubroot-Susceptible and Partially Resistant Arabidopsis Genotypes Mélanie Jubault, Céline Hamon, Antoine Gravot, Christine Lariagon, Régine Delourme, Alain Bouchereau, and Maria J. Manzanares-Dauleux Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 2008–2019. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117432.PMCID: PMC2287367 Systems Biology, Molecular Biology, and Gene Regulation The Genetics and Transcriptional Profiles of the Cellulose Synthase-Like HvCslF Gene Family in Barley Rachel A. Burton, Stephen A. Jobling, Andrew J. Harvey, Neil J. Shirley, Diane E. Mather, Antony Bacic, and Geoffrey B. Fincher Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1821–1833. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114694.PMCID: PMC2287353 Global Transcript Levels Respond to Small Changes of the Carbon Status during Progressive Exhaustion of Carbohydrates in Arabidopsis Rosettes Björn Usadel, Oliver E. Bläsing, Yves Gibon, Kristin Retzlaff, Melanie Höhne, Manuela Günther, and Mark Stitt Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1834–1861. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115592.PMCID: PMC2287354 DNA-Binding Study Identifies C-Box and Hybrid C/G-Box or C/A-Box Motifs as High-Affinity Binding Sites for STF1 and LONG HYPOCOTYL5 Proteins Young Hun Song, Cheol Min Yoo, An Pio Hong, Seong Hee Kim, Hee Jeong Jeong, Su Young Shin, Hye Jin Kim, Dae-Jin Yun, Chae Oh Lim, Jeong Dong Bahk, Sang Yeol Lee, Ron T. Nagao, Joe L. Key, and Jong Chan Hong Plant Physiol. 2008 April; 146(4): 1862–1877. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.113217.PMCID: PMC2287355 Systemic Signaling of the Plant Nitrogen Status Triggers Specific Transcriptome Responses Depending on the Nitrogen Source in Medicago truncatula Sandrine Ruffel, Sandra Freixes, Sandrine Balzergue, Pascal Tillard, Christian Jeudy, Marie Laure Martin-Magniette, Margaretha J. van der Merwe, Klementina Kakar, Jerôme Gouzy, Alisdair R. 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