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Volume 131(4);  April 2003
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In Defense against Pathogens. Both Plant Sentinels and Foot Soldiers Need to Know the Enemy
P. Veronese, M. T. Ruiz, M. A. Coca, A. Hernandez-Lopez, H. Lee, J. I. Ibeas, B. Damsz, J. M. Pardo, P. M. Hasegawa, R. A. Bressan, and M. L. Narasimhan
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1580–1590.
PMCID: PMC1540302
Elucidation of the Indirect Pathway of Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis by Mutants, Genes, and Enzymes
S. H. Schwartz, X. Qin, and J. A. Zeevaart
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1591–1601.
PMCID: PMC1540303
On the Inside
P. V. Minorsky
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1576–1577.
PMCID: PMC1540300
Editorial
Transport Phloem: Low Profile, High Impact
A. J.E. van Bel
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1509–1510.
PMCID: PMC1540299
The Hot and the Classic
P. V. Minorsky
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1578–1579.
PMCID: PMC1540301
Research Articles
Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures
Phloem Metabolism and Function Have to Cope with Low Internal Oxygen
Joost T. van Dongen, Ulrich Schurr, Michelle Pfister, and Peter Geigenberger
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1529–1543. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.017202.
PMCID: PMC166912
Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Sorbitol Transporters from Developing Sour Cherry Fruit and Leaf Sink Tissues
Zhifang Gao, Laurence Maurousset, Remi Lemoine, Sang-Dong Yoo, Steven van Nocker, and Wayne Loescher
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1566–1575. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.016725.
PMCID: PMC166915
Distribution of Fucose-Containing Xyloglucans in Cell Walls of the mur1 Mutant of Arabidopsis
Glenn Freshour, Christopher P. Bonin, Wolf-Dieter Reiter, Peter Albersheim, Alan G. Darvill, and Michael G. Hahn
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1602–1612. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.016444.
PMCID: PMC166916
New Insight into Phaeodactylum tricornutum Fatty Acid Metabolism. Cloning and Functional Characterization of Plastidial and Microsomal Δ12-Fatty Acid Desaturases
Frédéric Domergue, Patricia Spiekermann, Jens Lerchl, Christoph Beckmann, Oliver Kilian, Peter G. Kroth, Wilhem Boland, Ulrich Zähringer, and Ernst Heinz
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1648–1660. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018317.
PMCID: PMC166921
Natural Abundance Carbon Isotope Composition of Isoprene Reflects Incomplete Coupling between Isoprene Synthesis and Photosynthetic Carbon Flow
Hagit P. Affek and Dan Yakir
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1727–1736. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.012294.
PMCID: PMC166928
Reduction of Cholesterol and Glycoalkaloid Levels in Transgenic Potato Plants by Overexpression of a Type 1 Sterol Methyltransferase cDNA
Lisa Arnqvist, Paresh C. Dutta, Lisbeth Jonsson, and Folke Sitbon
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1792–1799. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018788.
PMCID: PMC166935
Insertional Inactivation of the Methionine S-Methyltransferase Gene Eliminates the S-Methylmethionine Cycle and Increases the Methylation Ratio
Michael G. Kocsis, Philippe Ranocha, Douglas A. Gage, Eric S. Simon, David Rhodes, Gregory J. Peel, Stefan Mellema, Kazuki Saito, Motoko Awazuhara, Changjiang Li, Robert B. Meeley, Mitchell C. Tarczynski, Conrad Wagner, and Andrew D. Hanson
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1808–1815. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018846.
PMCID: PMC166937
The Gluconeogenic Enzyme Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Arabidopsis Is Essential for Seedling Establishment
Elizabeth L. Rylott, Alison D. Gilday, and Ian A. Graham
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1834–1842. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.019174.
PMCID: PMC166940
Functional Analysis of Cystathionine γ-Synthase in Genetically Engineered Potato Plants
Oliver Kreft, Rainer Hoefgen, and Holger Hesse
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1843–1854. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.015933.
PMCID: PMC166941
Volatile Ester Formation in Roses. Identification of an Acetyl-Coenzyme A. Geraniol/Citronellol Acetyltransferase in Developing Rose Petals
Moshe Shalit, Inna Guterman, Hanne Volpin, Einat Bar, Tal Tamari, Naama Menda, Zach Adam, Dani Zamir, Alexander Vainstein, David Weiss, Eran Pichersky, and Efraim Lewinsohn
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1868–1876. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018572.
PMCID: PMC166943
Cell Biology and Signal Transduction
A Reevaluation of the Role of the Heterotrimeric G Protein in Coupling Light Responses in Arabidopsis
Alan M. Jones, Joseph R. Ecker, and Jin-Gui Chen
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1623–1627. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.017624.
PMCID: PMC166918
Cellulose Synthesis Is Coupled to Cell Cycle Progression at G1 in the Dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii
Alvin C.M. Kwok and Joseph T.Y. Wong
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1681–1691. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018945.
PMCID: PMC166924
Ethylene Regulates Monomeric GTP-Binding Protein Gene Expression and Activity in Arabidopsis
Igor E. Moshkov, Luis A.J. Mur, Galina V. Novikova, Aileen R. Smith, and Michael A. Hall
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1705–1717. doi: 10.1104/pp.014035.
PMCID: PMC166926
Ethylene Rapidly Up-Regulates the Activities of Both Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins and Protein Kinase(s) in Epicotyls of Pea
Igor E. Moshkov, Galina V. Novikova, Luis A.J. Mur, Aileen R. Smith, and Michael A. Hall
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1718–1726. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.015057.
PMCID: PMC166927
Identification, Expression, and Import of Components 17 and 23 of the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane Translocase from Arabidopsis
Monika W. Murcha, Ryan Lister, Angela Y. Y. Ho, and James Whelan
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1737–1747. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.016808.
PMCID: PMC166929
N-Acylethanolamine Signaling in Tobacco Is Mediated by a Membrane-Associated, High-Affinity Binding Protein
Swati Tripathy, Kathryn Kleppinger-Sparace, Richard A. Dixon, and Kent D. Chapman
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1781–1791. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.014936.
PMCID: PMC166934
Development and Hormone Action
Suppression of a Vegetative MADS Box Gene of Potato Activates Axillary Meristem Development
Faye M. Rosin, Jennifer K. Hart, Harry Van Onckelen, and David J. Hannapel
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1613–1622. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.012500.
PMCID: PMC166917
Disruption of Apyrases Inhibits Pollen Germination in Arabidopsis
Iris Steinebrunner, Jian Wu, Yu Sun, Ashley Corbett, and Stanley J. Roux
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1638–1647. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.014308.
PMCID: PMC166920
Arabidopsis haiku Mutants Reveal New Controls of Seed Size by Endosperm
Damien Garcia, Virginie Saingery, Pierre Chambrier, Ulrike Mayer, Gerd Jürgens, and Frédéric Berger
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1661–1670. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018762.
PMCID: PMC166922
Analysis of the Competence to Respond to KNOTTED1 Activity in Arabidopsis Leaves Using a Steroid Induction System
Angela Hay, David Jackson, Naomi Ori, and Sarah Hake
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1671–1680. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.017434.
PMCID: PMC166923
Cytokinin Inhibits a Subset of Diageotropica-Dependent Primary Auxin Responses in Tomato
Catharina Coenen, May Christian, Hartwig Lüthen, and Terri L. Lomax
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1692–1704. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.016196.
PMCID: PMC166925
Expression and Function of Cell Wall-Bound Cationic Peroxidase in Asparagus Somatic Embryogenesis
Hiroyuki Takeda, Toshihisa Kotake, Naoki Nakagawa, Naoki Sakurai, and Donald J. Nevins
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1765–1774. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.014654.
PMCID: PMC166932
Breakdown of Self-Incompatibility in a Natural Population of Petunia axillaris Caused by Loss of Pollen Function
Tatsuya Tsukamoto, Toshio Ando, Koichi Takahashi, Takahiro Omori, Hitoshi Watanabe, Hisashi Kokubun, Eduardo Marchesi, and Teh-hui Kao
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1903–1912. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018069.
PMCID: PMC166946
Changes in Photoperiod or Temperature Alter the Functional Relationships between Phytochromes and Reveal Roles for phyD and phyE
Karen J. Halliday and Garry C. Whitelam
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1913–1920. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018135.
PMCID: PMC166947
Environmental Stress and Adaptation
Phloem-Localizing Sulfate Transporter, Sultr1;3, Mediates Re-Distribution of Sulfur from Source to Sink Organs in Arabidopsis
Naoko Yoshimoto, Eri Inoue, Kazuki Saito, Tomoyuki Yamaya, and Hideki Takahashi
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1511–1517. doi: 10.1104/pp.014712.
PMCID: PMC166910
Glucosylglycerol, a Compatible Solute, Sustains Cell Division under Salt Stress
Ali Ferjani, Laszlo Mustardy, Ronan Sulpice, Kay Marin, Iwane Suzuki, Martin Hagemann, and Norio Murata
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1628–1637. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.017277.
PMCID: PMC166919
Tolerance of Mannitol-Accumulating Transgenic Wheat to Water Stress and Salinity
Tilahun Abebe, Arron C. Guenzi, Bjorn Martin, and John C. Cushman
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1748–1755. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.003616.
PMCID: PMC166930
Accumulation of Ferrous Iron in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Influence of CO2 and Anaerobic Induction of the Reversible Hydrogenase
Boris K. Semin, Lira N. Davletshina, Alla A. Novakova, Tat'yana Y. Kiseleva, Victoriya Y. Lanchinskaya, Anatolii Y. Aleksandrov, Nora Seifulina, Il'ya I. Ivanov, Michael Seibert, and Andrei B. Rubin
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1756–1764. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018200.
PMCID: PMC166931
Freezing Sensitivity in the sfr4 Mutant of Arabidopsis Is Due to Low Sugar Content and Is Manifested by Loss of Osmotic Responsiveness
Matsuo Uemura, Gareth Warren, and Peter L. Steponkus
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1800–1807. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.013227.
PMCID: PMC166936
Drought-Induced Changes in the Redox State of α-Tocopherol, Ascorbate, and the Diterpene Carnosic Acid in Chloroplasts of Labiatae Species Differing in Carnosic Acid Contents
Sergi Munné-Bosch and Leonor Alegre
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1816–1825. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.019265.
PMCID: PMC166938
Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution
The Evolution of CONSTANS-Like Gene Families in Barley, Rice, and Arabidopsis
Simon Griffiths, Roy P. Dunford, George Coupland, and David A. Laurie
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1855–1867. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.016188.
PMCID: PMC166942
Plants Interacting with Other Organisms
Molecular Interactions between the Specialist Herbivore Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and Its Natural Host Nicotiana attenuata: V. Microarray Analysis and Further Characterization of Large-Scale Changes in Herbivore-Induced mRNAs
Dequan Hui, Javeed Iqbal, Katja Lehmann, Klaus Gase, Hans Peter Saluz, and Ian T. Baldwin
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1877–1893. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018176.
PMCID: PMC166944
Molecular Interactions between the Specialist Herbivore Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and Its Natural Host Nicotiana attenuata. VI. Microarray Analysis Reveals That Most Herbivore-Specific Transcriptional Changes Are Mediated by Fatty Acid-Amino Acid Conjugates
Rayko Halitschke, Klaus Gase, Dequan Hui, Dominik D. Schmidt, and Ian T. Baldwin
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1894–1902. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.018184.
PMCID: PMC166945
Whole Plant and Ecophysiology
Symplastic Continuity between Companion Cells and the Translocation Stream: Long-Distance Transport Is Controlled by Retention and Retrieval Mechanisms in the Phloem
Brian G. Ayre, Felix Keller, and Robert Turgeon
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1518–1528. doi: 10.1104/pp.012054.
PMCID: PMC166911
Water Relations Link Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Discrimination to Phloem Sap Sugar Concentration in Eucalyptus globulus
Lucas A. Cernusak, David J. Arthur, John S. Pate, and Graham D. Farquhar
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1544–1554. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.016303.
PMCID: PMC166913
Structural and Functional Vein Maturation in Developing Tobacco Leaves in Relation to AtSUC2 Promoter Activity
Kathryn M. Wright, Alison G. Roberts, Helle J. Martens, Norbert Sauer, and Karl J. Oparka
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1555–1565. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.016022.
PMCID: PMC166914
Vulnerability of Xylem Vessels to Cavitation in Sugar Maple. Scaling from Individual Vessels to Whole Branches
Peter J. Melcher, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, and N. Michele Holbrook
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1775–1780. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.012856.
PMCID: PMC166933
Seasonal and Perennial Changes in the Distribution of Water in the Sapwood of Conifers in a Sub-Frigid Zone
Yasuhiro Utsumi, Yuzou Sano, Ryo Funada, Jun Ohtani, and Seizo Fujikawa
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1826–1833. doi: 10.1104/pp.102.014795.
PMCID: PMC166939
Correction
Corrections for vol. 131, p. 568
Plant Physiol. 2003 April; 131(4): 1921–1922.
PMCID: PMC1540304
Corrects: Long-Xi Yu, et al. Comparative Transcriptional Profiling of Placenta and Endosperm in Developing Maize Kernels in Response to Water Deficit. Plant Physiol. 2003 February; 131(2): 568–582.
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