| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. In This Issue Chitin Signaling in Plants: Insights into the Perception of Fungal Pathogens and Rhizobacterial Symbionts Nancy A. Eckardt Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 241–243. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.058784.PMCID: PMC2276447 In Briefs A Sesquiterpene Distress Signal Transmitted by Maize Kathleen L. Farquharson Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 244. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.200210.PMCID: PMC2276439 Identification of an Endoplasmic Reticulum ATP/ADP Transporter Nancy A. Eckardt Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 245. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.200211.PMCID: PMC2276444 Tocopherols and ER Fatty Acid Metabolism Nancy A. Eckardt Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 246. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.200212.PMCID: PMC2276455 Retrotransposon Polymorphisms Affect Genic Recombination in Maize Nancy A. Eckardt Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 247. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.200213.PMCID: PMC2276445 Research Articles Maize Genome Structure Variation: Interplay between Retrotransposon Polymorphisms and Genic Recombination Hugo K. Dooner and Limei He Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 249–258. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.057596.PMCID: PMC2276454 High-Resolution Mapping of Epigenetic Modifications of the Rice Genome Uncovers Interplay between DNA Methylation, Histone Methylation, and Gene Expression Xueyong Li, Xiangfeng Wang, Kun He, Yeqin Ma, Ning Su, Hang He, Viktor Stolc, Waraporn Tongprasit, Weiwei Jin, Jiming Jiang, William Terzaghi, Songgang Li, and Xing Wang Deng Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 259–276. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.056879.PMCID: PMC2276441 EMBRYONIC FLOWER1 Participates in Polycomb Group–Mediated AG Gene Silencing in Arabidopsis Myriam Calonje, Rosario Sanchez, Lingjing Chen, and Z. Renee Sung Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 277–291. doi: 10.1105/tpc.106.049957.PMCID: PMC2276442 COP1-Mediated Ubiquitination of CONSTANS Is Implicated in Cryptochrome Regulation of Flowering in Arabidopsis Li-Jun Liu, Yan-Chun Zhang, Qing-Hua Li, Yi Sang, Jian Mao, Hong-Li Lian, Long Wang, and Hong-Quan Yang Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 292–306. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.057281.PMCID: PMC2276438 FIONA1 Is Essential for Regulating Period Length in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock Jeongsik Kim, Yumi Kim, Miji Yeom, Jin-Hee Kim, and Hong Gil Nam Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 307–319. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.055715.PMCID: PMC2276451 Potential Sites of Bioactive Gibberellin Production during Reproductive Growth in Arabidopsis Jianhong Hu, Melissa G. Mitchum, Neel Barnaby, Belay T. Ayele, Mikihiro Ogawa, Edward Nam, Wei-Chu Lai, Atsushi Hanada, Jose M. Alonso, Joseph R. Ecker, Stephen M. Swain, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Yuji Kamiya, and Tai-ping Sun Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 320–336. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.057752.PMCID: PMC2276448 The Arabidopsis Phytochrome-Interacting Factor PIF7, Together with PIF3 and PIF4, Regulates Responses to Prolonged Red Light by Modulating phyB Levels Pablo Leivar, Elena Monte, Bassem Al-Sady, Christine Carle, Alyssa Storer, Jose M. Alonso, Joseph R. Ecker, and Peter H. Quail Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 337–352. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.052142.PMCID: PMC2276449 An Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatase Functions in PHOTOTROPIN1 Signaling in Arabidopis by Altering Cytosolic Ca2+ Xu Chen, Wen-Hui Lin, Yuan Wang, Sheng Luan, and Hong-Wei Xue Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 353–366. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.052670.PMCID: PMC2276452 The Arabidopsis Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate 5-Kinase PIP5K3 Is a Key Regulator of Root Hair Tip Growth Hiroaki Kusano, Christa Testerink, Joop E.M. Vermeer, Tomohiko Tsuge, Hiroaki Shimada, Atsuhiro Oka, Teun Munnik, and Takashi Aoyama Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 367–380. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.056119.PMCID: PMC2276443 ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE4 Encodes a Phosphatidylinositol-4-Phosphate Phosphatase Required for Proper Root Hair Development in Arabidopsis thaliana Julie M. Thole, Joop E.M. Vermeer, Yanling Zhang, Theodorus W.J. Gadella, Jr., and Erik Nielsen Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 381–395. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.054304.PMCID: PMC2276440 The Microtubule Plus-End Binding Protein EB1 Functions in Root Responses to Touch and Gravity Signals in Arabidopsis Sherryl R. Bisgrove, Yuh-Ru Julie Lee, Bo Liu, Nick T. Peters, and Darryl L. Kropf Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 396–410. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.056846.PMCID: PMC2276450 BRICK1 Is Required for Apical Cell Growth in Filaments of the Moss Physcomitrella patens but Not for Gametophore Morphology Pierre-François Perroud and Ralph S. Quatrano Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 411–422. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.053256.PMCID: PMC2276446 MAP65-3 Microtubule-Associated Protein Is Essential for Nematode-Induced Giant Cell Ontogenesis in Arabidopsis Marie-Cécile Caillaud, Philippe Lecomte, Fabien Jammes, Michaël Quentin, Sophie Pagnotta, Emilie Andrio, Janice de Almeida Engler, Nicolas Marfaing, Pierre Gounon, Pierre Abad, and Bruno Favery Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 423–437. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.057422.PMCID: PMC2276437 Identification of a Novel Adenine Nucleotide Transporter in the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Arabidopsis Michaela Leroch, H. Ekkehard Neuhaus, Simon Kirchberger, Sandra Zimmermann, Michael Melzer, Joachim Gerhold, and Joachim Tjaden Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 438–451. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.057554.PMCID: PMC2276436 Tocopherols Modulate Extraplastidic Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolism in Arabidopsis at Low Temperature Hiroshi Maeda, Tammy L. Sage, Giorgis Isaac, Ruth Welti, and Dean DellaPenna Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 452–470. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.054718.PMCID: PMC2276453 A LysM Receptor-Like Kinase Plays a Critical Role in Chitin Signaling and Fungal Resistance in Arabidopsis Jinrong Wan, Xue-Cheng Zhang, David Neece, Katrina M. Ramonell, Steve Clough, Sung-yong Kim, Minviluz G. Stacey, and Gary Stacey Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 471–481. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.056754.PMCID: PMC2276435 A Maize (E)-β-Caryophyllene Synthase Implicated in Indirect Defense Responses against Herbivores Is Not Expressed in Most American Maize Varieties Tobias G. Köllner, Matthias Held, Claudia Lenk, Ivan Hiltpold, Ted C.J. Turlings, Jonathan Gershenzon, and Jörg Degenhardt Plant Cell. 2008 February; 20(2): 482–494. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.051672.PMCID: PMC2276456 |