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On the Cover: This special issue introduces readers to immunophilins, which are a diverse family of protein foldases involved in protein folding processes. The functions of some immunophilins have been identified in plant development and chloroplast biology. The cover photograph depicts an example of the dramatic effect of mutations in TWISTED DWARF1, a gene encoding an FKBP-related protein, on organ development in Arabidopsis. Shown is the tip of a silique that exhibits twisted growth behavior. The mutation causes a pleiotropic phenotype in Arabidopsis resulting in reduced cell elongation, epinastic leaf expansion, and disoriented growth pattern of all organs resulting in a twisted appearance of the whole plant (Geisler et al., 2003, Mol. Biol. Cell, 14, 4238Ð4249).
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