| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Focus Issue on Plant Nutrition Update on Na+ Transporters in Plants Sodium Transporters in Plants. Diverse Genes and Physiological Functions Tomoaki Horie and Julian I. Schroeder PMCID: PMC523313 Editorial Focus on Plant Nutrition Brian G. Forde, Jeff F. Harper, and Leon Kochian PMCID: PMC523309 Update on Calcium Nutrition The Calcium Conundrum. Both Versatile Nutrient and Specific Signal Kendal D. Hirschi PMCID: PMC523310 Update on Energization of Nutrient Transport Energization of Transport Processes in Plants. Roles of the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase Teis E. Sondergaard, Alexander Schulz, and Michael G. Palmgren PMCID: PMC523315 Update on Nutrient Metabolism Sulfur Assimilatory Metabolism. The Long and Smelling Road Kazuki Saito PMCID: PMC523311 Update on Phytochelatin Synthase Weeds, Worms, and More. Papain's Long-Lost Cousin, Phytochelatin Synthase Philip A. Rea, Olena K. Vatamaniuk, and Daniel J. Rigden PMCID: PMC523314 Update on Plant Ionomics Update on Plant Ionomics David E. Salt PMCID: PMC523312 Genome Analysis Genome-Wide Reprogramming of Primary and Secondary Metabolism, Protein Synthesis, Cellular Growth Processes, and the Regulatory Infrastructure of Arabidopsis in Response to Nitrogen Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible, Rosa Morcuende, Tomasz Czechowski, Christina Fritz, Daniel Osuna, Natalia Palacios-Rojas, Dana Schindelasch, Oliver Thimm, Michael K. Udvardi, and Mark Stitt PMCID: PMC523316 Research Articles AtHKT1 Facilitates Na+ Homeostasis and K+ Nutrition in Planta Ana Rus, Byeong-ha Lee, Alicia Muñoz-Mayor, Altanbadralt Sharkhuu, Kenji Miura, Jian-Kang Zhu, Ray A. Bressan, and Paul M. Hasegawa PMCID: PMC523317 Genomic Analysis of the Nitrate Response Using a Nitrate Reductase-Null Mutant of Arabidopsis Rongchen Wang, Rudolf Tischner, Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, Maren Hoffman, Xiujuan Xing, Mingsheng Chen, Gloria Coruzzi, and Nigel M. Crawford PMCID: PMC523318 FRD3 Controls Iron Localization in Arabidopsis Laura S. Green and Elizabeth E. Rogers PMCID: PMC523319 Expression Patterns of a Novel AtCHX Gene Family Highlight Potential Roles in Osmotic Adjustment and K+ Homeostasis in Pollen Development Heven Sze, Senthilkumar Padmanaban, Françoise Cellier, David Honys, Ning-Hui Cheng, Kevin W. Bock, Genevieve Conéjéro, Xiyan Li, David Twell, John M. Ward, and Kendal D. Hirschi PMCID: PMC523320 Protection of Plasma Membrane K+ Transport by the Salt Overly Sensitive1 Na+-H+ Antiporter during Salinity Stress Zhi Qi and Edgar P. Spalding PMCID: PMC523321 The Potassium-Dependent Transcriptome of Arabidopsis Reveals a Prominent Role of Jasmonic Acid in Nutrient Signaling Patrick Armengaud, Rainer Breitling, and Anna Amtmann PMCID: PMC523322 On the Inside On the Inside Peter V. Minorsky PMCID: PMC523323 Update on Global Genome Regulation Stress-Induced Cell Reprogramming. A Role for Global Genome Regulation? Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt PMCID: PMC523324 Bioinformatics A Complementary Bioinformatics Approach to Identify Potential Plant Cell Wall Glycosyltransferase-Encoding Genes Jack Egelund, Michael Skjøt, Naomi Geshi, Peter Ulvskov, and Bent Larsen Petersen PMCID: PMC523326 GENEVESTIGATOR. Arabidopsis Microarray Database and Analysis Toolbox Philip Zimmermann, Matthias Hirsch-Hoffmann, Lars Hennig, and Wilhelm Gruissem PMCID: PMC523327 Genome Analysis AraPerox. A Database of Putative Arabidopsis Proteins from Plant Peroxisomes Sigrun Reumann, Changle Ma, Steffen Lemke, and Lavanya Babujee PMCID: PMC523325 Meeting Report The 46th Annual Maize Genetics Conference. Unlocking the Secrets of the Maize Genome Marja C.P. Timmermans, Thomas P. Brutnell, and Philip W. Becraft PMCID: PMC523328 Research Articles Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Identification of a Specific Isoform of Tomato Lipoxygenase (TomloxC) Involved in the Generation of Fatty Acid-Derived Flavor Compounds Guoping Chen, Rachel Hackett, David Walker, Andy Taylor, Zhefeng Lin, and Donald Grierson PMCID: PMC523329 A Second Protein l-Isoaspartyl Methyltransferase Gene in Arabidopsis Produces Two Transcripts Whose Products Are Sequestered in the Nucleus Qilong Xu, Marisa P. Belcastro, Sarah T. Villa, Randy D. Dinkins, Steven G. Clarke, and A. Bruce Downie PMCID: PMC523330 Seed-Specific Heterologous Expression of a Nasturtium FAE Gene in Arabidopsis Results in a Dramatic Increase in the Proportion of Erucic Acid Elzbieta Mietkiewska, E. Michael Giblin, Song Wang, Dennis L. Barton, Joan Dirpaul, Jennifer M. Brost, Vesna Katavic, and David C. Taylor PMCID: PMC523331 Embryo-Specific Reduction of ADP-Glc Pyrophosphorylase Leads to an Inhibition of Starch Synthesis and a Delay in Oil Accumulation in Developing Seeds of Oilseed Rape Helene Vigeolas, Torsten Möhlmann, Norbert Martini, H. Ekkehard Neuhaus, and Peter Geigenberger PMCID: PMC523332 Diurnal Changes in the Transcriptome Encoding Enzymes of Starch Metabolism Provide Evidence for Both Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Regulation of Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis Leaves Steven M. Smith, Daniel C. Fulton, Tansy Chia, David Thorneycroft, Andrew Chapple, Hannah Dunstan, Christopher Hylton, Samuel C. Zeeman, and Alison M. Smith PMCID: PMC523333 The Capacity of Green Oilseeds to Utilize Photosynthesis to Drive Biosynthetic Processes Sari A. Ruuska, Jörg Schwender, and John B. Ohlrogge PMCID: PMC523334 Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis Light Regulation of the Arabidopsis Respiratory Chain. Multiple Discrete Photoreceptor Responses Contribute to Induction of Type II NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase Genes Matthew A. Escobar, Keara A. Franklin, Å. Staffan Svensson, Michael G. Salter, Garry C. Whitelam, and Allan G. Rasmusson PMCID: PMC523335 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction Cellular and Subcellular Localization of Endogenous Nitric Oxide in Young and Senescent Pea Plants Francisco J. Corpas, Juan B. Barroso, Alfonso Carreras, Miguel Quirós, Ana M. León, María C. Romero-Puertas, Francisco J. Esteban, Raquel Valderrama, José M. Palma, Luisa M. Sandalio, Manuel Gómez, and Luis A. del Río PMCID: PMC523336 Arabidopsis Cys2/His2-Type Zinc-Finger Proteins Function as Transcription Repressors under Drought, Cold, and High-Salinity Stress Conditions Hideki Sakamoto, Kyonoshin Maruyama, Yoh Sakuma, Tetsuo Meshi, Masaki Iwabuchi, Kazuo Shinozaki, and Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki PMCID: PMC523337 Two Transcription Factors Are Negative Regulators of Gibberellin Response in the HvSPY-Signaling Pathway in Barley Aleurone Masumi Robertson PMCID: PMC523338 Divergent Potentials for Cytoplasmic Inheritance within the Genus Syringa. A New Trait Associated with Speciogenesis Yang Liu, Hongxia Cui, Quan Zhang, and Sodmergen PMCID: PMC523339 The Elm1 (ZmHy2) Gene of Maize Encodes a Phytochromobilin Synthase Ruairidh J.H. Sawers, Philip J. Linley, Jose F. Gutierrez-Marcos, Teegan Delli-Bovi, Phyllis R. Farmer, Takayuki Kohchi, Matthew J. Terry, and Thomas P. Brutnell PMCID: PMC523340 Development and Hormone Action Down-Regulation of DELLA Genes Is Not Essential for Germination of Tomato, Soybean, and Arabidopsis Seeds George W. Bassel, Elzbieta Zielinska, Robert T. Mullen, and J. Derek Bewley PMCID: PMC523341 Environmental Stress and Adaptation The Fast and Transient Transcriptional Network of Gravity and Mechanical Stimulation in the Arabidopsis Root Apex Jeffery M. Kimbrough, Raul Salinas-Mondragon, Wendy F. Boss, Christopher S. Brown, and Heike Winter Sederoff PMCID: PMC523342 Enhanced Photosynthesis and Redox Energy Production Contribute to Salinity Tolerance in Dunaliella as Revealed by Homology-Based Proteomics Adam J. Liska, Andrej Shevchenko, Uri Pick, and Adriana Katz PMCID: PMC523343 LESION SIMULATING DISEASE 1 Is Required for Acclimation to Conditions That Promote Excess Excitation Energy Alfonso Mateo, Per Mühlenbock, Christine Rustérucci, Christine Chi-Chen Chang, Zbigniew Miszalski, Barbara Karpinska, Jane E. Parker, Philip M. Mullineaux, and Stanislaw Karpinski PMCID: PMC523344 LWR1 and LWR2 Are Required for Osmoregulation and Osmotic Adjustment in Arabidopsis Paul E. Verslues and Elizabeth A. Bray PMCID: PMC523345 Plastid-Expressed Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Gene in Carrot Cultured Cells, Roots, and Leaves Confers Enhanced Salt Tolerance Shashi Kumar, Amit Dhingra, and Henry Daniell PMCID: PMC523346 Induction and Functional Analysis of Two Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase-Like Proteins in Synechocystis PCC 6803 during the Progression of Oxidative Stress Ahmed Gaber, Kazuya Yoshimura, Masahiro Tamoi, Toru Takeda, Yoshihisa Nakano, and Shigeru Shigeoka PMCID: PMC523347 Plants Interacting with Other Organisms The Pepper Transcription Factor CaPF1 Confers Pathogen and Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis So Young Yi, Jee-Hyub Kim, Young-Hee Joung, Sanghyeob Lee, Woo-Taek Kim, Seung Hun Yu, and Doil Choi PMCID: PMC523348 Genetic Elucidation of Nitric Oxide Signaling in Incompatible Plant-Pathogen Interactions Jürgen Zeier, Massimo Delledonne, Tatiana Mishina, Emmanuele Severi, Masatoshi Sonoda, and Chris Lamb PMCID: PMC523349 Microbial Products Trigger Amino Acid Exudation from Plant Roots Donald A. Phillips, Tama C. Fox, Maria D. King, T.V. Bhuvaneswari, and Larry R. Teuber PMCID: PMC523350 |
