| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveEditor's Choice Series on the Next Generation of Biotech Crops The Outlook for Protein Engineering in Crop Improvement A. Gururaj Rao Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 6–12. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117929.PMCID: PMC2330291 Targets for Crop Biotechnology in a Future High-CO2 and High-O3 World Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Alistair Rogers, and Andrew D.B. Leakey Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 13–19. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117101.PMCID: PMC2330306 Regulating the Regulators: The Future Prospects for Transcription-Factor-Based Agricultural Biotechnology Products Karen Century, T. Lynne Reuber, and Oliver J. Ratcliffe Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 20–29. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117887.PMCID: PMC2330319 On the Inside On the Inside Peter V. Minorsky Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 1–2. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900257.PMCID: PMC2330304 Editorial Editor's Choice Series: The Next Generation of Biotech Crops Susan J. Martino-Catt and Eric S. Sachs Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 3–5. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900256.PMCID: PMC2330289 Scientific Correspondence Activity Range of Arabidopsis Small RNAs Derived from Different Biogenesis Pathways Elsa M. Tretter, John Paul Alvarez, Yuval Eshed, and John L. Bowman Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 58–62. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117119.PMCID: PMC2330300 Bioinformatics Annotating Genes of Known and Unknown Function by Large-Scale Coexpression Analysis Kevin Horan, Charles Jang, Julia Bailey-Serres, Ron Mittler, Christian Shelton, Jeff F. Harper, Jian-Kang Zhu, John C. Cushman, Martin Gollery, and Thomas Girke Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 41–57. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117366.PMCID: PMC2330292 Breakthrough Technologies Global Characterization of Cell-Specific Gene Expression through Fluorescence-Activated Sorting of Nuclei Changqing Zhang, Roger A. Barthelson, Georgina M. Lambert, and David W. Galbraith Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 30–40. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115246.PMCID: PMC2330299 Research Articles Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Cell Wall Modifications in Arabidopsis Plants with Altered α-l-Arabinofuranosidase Activity Ricardo A. Chávez Montes, Philippe Ranocha, Yves Martinez, Zoran Minic, Lise Jouanin, Mélanie Marquis, Luc Saulnier, Lynette M. Fulton, Christopher S. Cobbett, Frédérique Bitton, Jean-Pierre Renou, Alain Jauneau, and Deborah Goffner Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 63–77. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.110023.PMCID: PMC2330305 UDP-Xylose-Stimulated Glucuronyltransferase Activity in Wheat Microsomal Membranes: Characterization and Role in Glucurono(arabino)xylan Biosynthesis Wei Zeng, Mohor Chatterjee, and Ahmed Faik Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 78–91. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115576.PMCID: PMC2330321 Arabidopsis Sucrose Transporter AtSUC1 Is Important for Pollen Germination and Sucrose-Induced Anthocyanin Accumulation Alicia B. Sivitz, Anke Reinders, and John M. Ward Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 92–100. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.118992.PMCID: PMC2330317 Construction of a Functional CMP-Sialic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway in Arabidopsis Alexandra Castilho, Martin Pabst, Renaud Leonard, Christiane Veit, Friedrich Altmann, Lukas Mach, Josef Glössl, Richard Strasser, and Herta Steinkellner Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 331–339. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117572.PMCID: PMC2330290 Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis Decrease in Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Leads to Reduced Root Growth and Affects Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Flux and Mitochondrial Redox Homeostasis Megan J. Morgan, Martin Lehmann, Markus Schwarzländer, Charles J. Baxter, Agata Sienkiewicz-Porzucek, Thomas C.R. Williams, Nicolas Schauer, Alisdair R. Fernie, Mark D. Fricker, R. George Ratcliffe, Lee J. Sweetlove, and Iris Finkemeier Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 101–114. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.113613.PMCID: PMC2330298 Mild Reductions in Mitochondrial Citrate Synthase Activity Result in a Compromised Nitrate Assimilation and Reduced Leaf Pigmentation But Have No Effect on Photosynthetic Performance or Growth Agata Sienkiewicz-Porzucek, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Ronan Sulpice, Jan Lisec, Danilo C. Centeno, Petronia Carillo, Andrea Leisse, Ewa Urbanczyk-Wochniak, and Alisdair R. Fernie Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 115–127. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117978.PMCID: PMC2330314 Expression Analysis of Genes Associated with the Induction of the Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Takashi Yamano, Kenji Miura, and Hideya Fukuzawa Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 340–354. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114652.PMCID: PMC2330288 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction Arabidopsis Ribosomal Proteins RPL23aA and RPL23aB Are Differentially Targeted to the Nucleolus and Are Disparately Required for Normal Development Rory F. Degenhardt and Peta C. Bonham-Smith Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 128–142. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111799.PMCID: PMC2330296 Development and Hormone Action Elucidating the Germination Transcriptional Program Using Small Molecules George W. Bassel, Pauline Fung, Tsz-fung Freeman Chow, Justin A. Foong, Nicholas J. Provart, and Sean R. Cutler Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 143–155. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.110841.PMCID: PMC2330302 Further Characterization of a Rice AGL12 Group MADS-Box Gene, OsMADS26 Shinyoung Lee, Young-Min Woo, Sung-Il Ryu, Young-Duck Shin, Woo Taek Kim, Ky Young Park, In-Jung Lee, and Gynheung An Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 156–168. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114256.PMCID: PMC2330315 SHORT HYPOCOTYL IN WHITE LIGHT1, a Serine-Arginine-Aspartate-Rich Protein in Arabidopsis, Acts as a Negative Regulator of Photomorphogenic Growth Shikha Bhatia, Sreeramaiah N. Gangappa, Ritu Kuswaha, Snehangshu Kundu, and Sudip Chattopadhyay Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 169–178. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.118174.PMCID: PMC2330309 Amino Acid Substitutions in Homologs of the STAY-GREEN Protein Are Responsible for the green-flesh and chlorophyll retainer Mutations of Tomato and Pepper Cornelius S. Barry, Ryan P. McQuinn, Mi-Young Chung, Anna Besuden, and James J. Giovannoni Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 179–187. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.118430.PMCID: PMC2330295 Nitric Oxide Triggers Phosphatidic Acid Accumulation via Phospholipase D during Auxin-Induced Adventitious Root Formation in Cucumber María Luciana Lanteri, Ana María Laxalt, and Lorenzo Lamattina Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 188–198. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111815.PMCID: PMC2330318 The Pea DELLA Proteins LA and CRY Are Important Regulators of Gibberellin Synthesis and Root Growth Diana E. Weston, Robert C. Elliott, Diane R. Lester, Catherine Rameau, James B. Reid, Ian C. Murfet, and John J. Ross Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 199–205. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.115808.PMCID: PMC2330316 Low-Temperature and Daylength Cues Are Integrated to Regulate FLOWERING LOCUS T in Barley Megan N. Hemming, W. James Peacock, Elizabeth S. Dennis, and Ben Trevaskis Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 355–366. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116418.PMCID: PMC2330320 Environmental Stress and Adaptation to Stress Ammonia Triggers Photodamage of Photosystem II in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Miriam Drath, Nicole Kloft, Alfred Batschauer, Kay Marin, Jens Novak, and Karl Forchhammer Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 206–215. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117218.PMCID: PMC2330311 The Central Role of a SNRK2 Kinase in Sulfur Deprivation Responses David Gonzalez-Ballester, Steve V. Pollock, Wirulda Pootakham, and Arthur R. Grossman Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 216–227. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116137.PMCID: PMC2330293 Isolation and Characterization of Mutants of Common Ice Plant Deficient in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism John C. Cushman, Sakae Agarie, Rebecca L. Albion, Stewart M. Elliot, Tahar Taybi, and Anne M. Borland Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 228–238. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116889.PMCID: PMC2330286 The Arabidopsis Putative Selenium-Binding Protein Family: Expression Study and Characterization of SBP1 as a Potential New Player in Cadmium Detoxification Processes Christelle Dutilleul, Agnès Jourdain, Jacques Bourguignon, and Véronique Hugouvieux Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 239–251. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114033.PMCID: PMC2330310 The Ionic Environment Controls the Contribution of the Barley HvHAK1 Transporter to Potassium Acquisition Fabiana R. Fulgenzi, María Luisa Peralta, Silvina Mangano, Cristian H. Danna, Augusto J. Vallejo, Pere Puigdomenech, and Guillermo E. Santa-María Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 252–262. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114546.PMCID: PMC2330294 Disruption of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock Is Responsible for Extensive Variation in the Cold-Responsive Transcriptome Zuzanna Bieniawska, Carmen Espinoza, Armin Schlereth, Ronan Sulpice, Dirk K. Hincha, and Matthew A. Hannah Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 263–279. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.118059.PMCID: PMC2330297 A Third Phytoene Synthase Is Devoted to Abiotic Stress-Induced Abscisic Acid Formation in Rice and Defines Functional Diversification of Phytoene Synthase Genes Ralf Welsch, Florian Wüst, Cornelia Bär, Salim Al-Babili, and Peter Beyer Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 367–380. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117028.PMCID: PMC2330301 Chaperone Activity of ERD10 and ERD14, Two Disordered Stress-Related Plant Proteins Denes Kovacs, Eva Kalmar, Zsolt Torok, and Peter Tompa Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 381–390. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.118208.PMCID: PMC2330285 Characterization of Cold-Responsive Extracellular Chitinase in Bromegrass Cell Cultures and Its Relationship to Antifreeze Activity Toshihide Nakamura, Masaya Ishikawa, Hiroko Nakatani, and Aska Oda Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 391–401. doi: 10.1104/pp.106.081497.PMCID: PMC2330313 Increased Air Temperature during Simulated Autumn Conditions Impairs Photosynthetic Electron Transport between Photosystem II and Photosystem I Florian Busch, Norman P.A. Hüner, and Ingo Ensminger Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 402–414. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117598.PMCID: PMC2330303 Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution Tobacco Transcription Factors: Novel Insights into Transcriptional Regulation in the Solanaceae Paul J. Rushton, Marta T. Bokowiec, Shengcheng Han, Hongbo Zhang, Jennifer F. Brannock, Xianfeng Chen, Thomas W. Laudeman, and Michael P. Timko Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 280–295. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114041.PMCID: PMC2330323 Genotype, Age, Tissue, and Environment Regulate the Structural Outcome of Glucosinolate Activation Adam M. Wentzell and Daniel J. Kliebenstein Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 415–428. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115279.PMCID: PMC2330308 Plants Interacting with Other Organisms Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Ergoline Alkaloids in a Mutualistic Association between Ipomoea asarifolia (Convolvulaceae) and a Clavicipitalean Fungus Anne Markert, Nicola Steffan, Kerstin Ploss, Sabine Hellwig, Ulrike Steiner, Christel Drewke, Shu-Ming Li, Wilhelm Boland, and Eckhard Leistner Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 296–305. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.116699.PMCID: PMC2330284 Characterization of an Amino Acid Permease from the Endomycorrhizal Fungus Glomus mosseae Gilda Cappellazzo, Luisa Lanfranco, Michael Fitz, Daniel Wipf, and Paola Bonfante Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 429–437. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.117820.PMCID: PMC2330287 Systems Biology, Molecular Biology, and Gene Regulation Independence and Interaction of Regions of the INNER NO OUTER Protein in Growth Control during Ovule Development Thomas L. Gallagher and Charles S. Gasser Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 306–315. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.114603.PMCID: PMC2330322 Principal Transcriptional Programs Regulating Plant Amino Acid Metabolism in Response to Abiotic Stresses Hadar Less and Gad Galili Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 316–330. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.115733.PMCID: PMC2330312 Correction Plant Physiol. 2008 May; 147(1): 438. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.900258.PMCID: PMC2330307 Corrects: Song Lim Kim, et al. OsMADS51 Is a Short-Day Flowering Promoter That Functions Upstream of Ehd1, OsMADS14, and Hd3a. Plant Physiol. 2007 December; 145(4): 1484–1494. |