ON THE INSIDE:

Peter V. Minorsky

On the Inside
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 933-934. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITOR'S CHOICE SERIES ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIOTECH CROPS:

Martina Newell-McGloughlin

Nutritionally Improved Agricultural Crops
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 939-953. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shai Ufaz and Gad Galili

Improving the Content of Essential Amino Acids in Crop Plants: Goals and Opportunities
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 954-961. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Howard G. Damude and Anthony J. Kinney

Enhancing Plant Seed Oils for Human Nutrition
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 962-968. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen P. Moose and Rita H. Mumm

Molecular Plant Breeding as the Foundation for 21st Century Crop Improvement
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 969-977. [Full Text] [PDF]  

UPDATES:

Frank Van Breusegem, Julia Bailey-Serres, and Ron Mittler

Unraveling the Tapestry of Networks Involving Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 978-984. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Peter Schopfer, Chunfang Wei, and Philip M. Lintilhac

Is the Loss of Stability Theory a Realistic Concept for Stress Relaxation-Mediated Cell Wall Expansion during Plant Growth?
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 935-938. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOINFORMATICS:

Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra, Grier P. Page, Tapan Mehta, Issa Coulibaly, and Ann E. Loraine CressExpress: A Tool For Large-Scale Mining of Expression Data from Arabidopsis Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1004-1016. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.107.115535 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

GENOME ANALYSIS:

Vladimir Shulaev, Schuyler S. Korban, Bryon Sosinski, Albert G. Abbott, Herb S. Aldwinckle, Kevin M. Folta, Amy Iezzoni, Dorrie Main, Pere Arús, Abhaya M. Dandekar, Kim Lewers, Susan K. Brown, Thomas M. Davis, Susan E. Gardiner, Daniel Potter, and Richard E. Veilleux Multiple Models for Rosaceae Genomics Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 985-1003. First Published on May 16, 2008; 10.1104/pp.107.115618 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AND MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES:

Sungbeom Lee and Joseph Chappell Biochemical and Genomic Characterization of Terpene Synthases in Magnolia grandiflora Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1017-1033. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.115824 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Yue Yang, Richard Xu, Choong-je Ma, A. Corina Vlot, Daniel F. Klessig, and Eran Pichersky Inactive Methyl Indole-3-Acetic Acid Ester Can Be Hydrolyzed and Activated by Several Esterases Belonging to the AtMES Esterase Family of Arabidopsis Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1034-1045. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.118224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Daniel K. Owens, Anne B. Alerding, Kevin C. Crosby, Aloka B. Bandara, James H. Westwood, and Brenda S.J. Winkel Functional Analysis of a Predicted Flavonol Synthase Gene Family in Arabidopsis Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1046-1061. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117457 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Franck E. Dayan, Daneel Ferreira, Yan-Hong Wang, Ikhlas A. Khan, John A. McInroy, and Zhiqiang Pan

A Pathogenic Fungi Diphenyl Ether Phytotoxin Targets Plant Enoyl (Acyl Carrier Protein) Reductase
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1062-1071. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.118372 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Anne Vinther Morant, Nanna Bjarnholt, Mads Emil Kragh, Christian Hauge Kjærgaard, Kirsten Jørgensen, Suzanne Michelle Paquette, Markus Piotrowski, Anne Imberty, Carl Erik Olsen, Birger Lindberg Møller, and Søren Bak

The β-Glucosidases Responsible for Bioactivation of Hydroxynitrile Glucosides in Lotus japonicus
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1072-1091. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.107.109512 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

David Riewe, Lukasz Grosman, Alisdair R. Fernie, Cornelia Wucke, and Peter Geigenberger The Potato-Specific Apyrase Is Apoplastically Localized and Has Influence on Gene Expression, Growth, and Development Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1092-1109. First Published on May 14, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117564 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Elke Fouquaert, Willy J. Peumans, David F. Smith, Paul Proost, Savvas N. Savvides, and Els J.M. Van Damme The "Old" Euonymus europaeus Agglutinin Represents a Novel Family of Ubiquitous Plant Proteins Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1316-1324. First Published on May 1, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.116764 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Dauenpen Meesapyodsuk and Xiao Qiu An Oleate Hydroxylase from the Fungus Claviceps purpurea: Cloning, Functional Analysis, and Expression in Arabidopsis Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1325-1333. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Faqiang Li, Ratnakar Vallabhaneni, Jane Yu, Torbert Rocheford, and Eleanore T. Wurtzel The Maize Phytoene Synthase Gene Family: Overlapping Roles for Carotenogenesis in Endosperm, Photomorphogenesis, and Thermal Stress Tolerance Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1334-1346. First Published on May 28, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.122119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

CELL BIOLOGY AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:

Martial Pré, Mirna Atallah, Antony Champion, Martin De Vos, Corné M. J. Pieterse, and Johan Memelink

The AP2/ERF Domain Transcription Factor ORA59 Integrates Jasmonic Acid and Ethylene Signals in Plant Defense
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1347-1357. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117523 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Annemart Koornneef, Antonio Leon-Reyes, Tita Ritsema, Adriaan Verhage, Floor C. Den Otter, L.C. Van Loon, and Corné M.J. Pieterse Kinetics of Salicylate-Mediated Suppression of Jasmonate Signaling Reveal a Role for Redox Modulation Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1358-1368. First Published on June 6, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.121392 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

DEVELOPMENT AND HORMONE ACTION:

Patrice A. Salomé, Qiguang Xie, and C. Robertson McClung Circadian Timekeeping during Early Arabidopsis Development Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1110-1125. First Published on May 14, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117622 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Xingliang Hou, Wen-Wei Hu, Lisha Shen, Li Yen Candy Lee, Zhen Tao, Jin-Hua Han, and Hao Yu Global Identification of DELLA Target Genes during Arabidopsis Flower Development Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1126-1142. First Published on May 23, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.121301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Xurong Tang, Anfu Hou, Mohan Babu, Vi Nguyen, Lidia Hurtado, Qing Lu, Jose C. Reyes, Aiming Wang, Wilfred A. Keller, John J. Harada, Edward W.T. Tsang, and Yuhai Cui The Arabidopsis BRAHMA Chromatin-Remodeling ATPase Is Involved in Repression of Seed Maturation Genes in Leaves Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1143-1157. First Published on May 28, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.121996 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Andreas Helmersson, Sara von Arnold, and Peter V. Bozhkov

The Level of Free Intracellular Zinc Mediates Programmed Cell Death/Cell Survival Decisions in Plant Embryos
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1158-1167. First Published on May 28, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.122598 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Esther Mirjam Natascha Dohmann, Mitchell Paul Levesque, Erika Isono, Markus Schmid, and Claus Schwechheimer Auxin Responses in Mutants of the Arabidopsis CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC9 Signalosome Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1369-1379. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.121061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Alexander Heyl, Eswar Ramireddy, Wolfram G. Brenner, Michael Riefler, Joke Allemeersch, and Thomas Schmülling

The Transcriptional Repressor ARR1-SRDX Suppresses Pleiotropic Cytokinin Activities in Arabidopsis
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1380-1395. First Published on May 23, 2008; 10.1104/pp.107.115436 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS AND ADAPTATION TO STRESS:

Surya Kant, Yong-Mei Bi, Elizabeth Weretilnyk, Simon Barak, and Steven J. Rothstein The Arabidopsis Halophytic Relative Thellungiella halophila Tolerates Nitrogen-Limiting Conditions by Maintaining Growth, Nitrogen Uptake, and Assimilation Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1168-1180. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.118125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

James T. Ward, Brett Lahner, Elena Yakubova, David E. Salt, and Kashchandra G. Raghothama The Effect of Iron on the Primary Root Elongation of Arabidopsis during Phosphate Deficiency Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1181-1191. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.118562 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Gilda L. Mena-Benitez, Fernando Gandia-Herrero, Stuart Graham, Tony R. Larson, Simon J. McQueen-Mason, Christopher E. French, Elizabeth L. Rylott, and Neil C. Bruce Engineering a Catabolic Pathway in Plants for the Degradation of 1,2-Dichloroethane Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1192-1198. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.119008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Annikki Welling and E. Tapio Palva Involvement of CBF Transcription Factors in Winter Hardiness in Birch Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1199-1211. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117812 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Shree P. Pandey, Emmanuel Gaquerel, Klaus Gase, and Ian T. Baldwin RNA-Directed RNA Polymerase3 from Nicotiana attenuata Is Required for Competitive Growth in Natural Environments Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1212-1224. First Published on May 14, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.121319 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Patricia Mérigout, Maud Lelandais, Frédérique Bitton, Jean-Pierre Renou, Xavier Briand, Christian Meyer, and Françoise Daniel-Vedele

Physiological and Transcriptomic Aspects of Urea Uptake and Assimilation in Arabidopsis Plants
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1225-1238. First Published on May 28, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.119339 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Qiang Wang, Saowarath Jantaro, Bingshe Lu, Waqar Majeed, Marian Bailey, and Qingfang He The High Light-Inducible Polypeptides Stabilize Trimeric Photosystem I Complex under High Light Conditions in Synechocystis PCC 6803 Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1239-1250. First Published on May 23, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.121087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Ayako Nishizawa, Yukinori Yabuta, and Shigeru Shigeoka Galactinol and Raffinose Constitute a Novel Function to Protect Plants from Oxidative Damage Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1251-1263. First Published on May 23, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.122465 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

GENETICS, GENOMICS, AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION:

Javier Pérez-Hormaeche, Frédérique Potet, Linda Beauclair, Ivan Le Masson, Béatrice Courtial, Nicolas Bouché, and Hélène Lucas

Invasion of the Arabidopsis Genome by the Tobacco Retrotransposon Tnt1 Is Controlled by Reversible Transcriptional Gene Silencing
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1264-1278. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117846 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Joann A. Conner, Shailendra Goel, Gunawati Gunawan, Marie-Michele Cordonnier-Pratt, Virgil Ed Johnson, Chun Liang, Haiming Wang, Lee H. Pratt, John E. Mullet, Jeremy DeBarry, Lixing Yang, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Patricia E. Klein, and Peggy Ozias-Akins Sequence Analysis of Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Clones from the Apospory-Specific Genomic Region of Pennisetum and Cenchrus Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1396-1411. First Published on May 28, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.119081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PLANTS INTERACTING WITH OTHER ORGANISMS:

Christophe Garcion, Antje Lohmann, Elisabeth Lamodière, Jérémy Catinot, Antony Buchala, Peter Doermann, and Jean-Pierre Métraux Characterization and Biological Function of the ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE2 Gene of Arabidopsis Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1279-1287. First Published on May 1, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.119420 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Jutta Essmann, Ina Schmitz-Thom, Hardy Schön, Sophia Sonnewald, Engelbert Weis, and Judith Scharte RNA Interference-Mediated Repression of Cell Wall Invertase Impairs Defense in Source Leaves of Tobacco Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1288-1299. First Published on May 23, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.121418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Subhashree Subramanyam, David F. Smith, James C. Clemens, Mary A. Webb, Nagesh Sardesai, and Christie E. Williams

Functional Characterization of HFR1, a High-Mannose N-Glycan-Specific Wheat Lectin Induced by Hessian Fly Larvae
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1412-1426. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.116145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

WHOLE PLANT AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY:

Mathieu Lapointe, Tyler D.B. MacKenzie, and David Morse

An External -Carbonic Anhydrase in a Free-Living Marine Dinoflagellate May Circumvent Diffusion-Limited Carbon Acquisition
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1427-1436. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.117077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Céline Diaz, Thomas Lemaître, Aurélie Christ, Marianne Azzopardi, Yusuke Kato, Fumihiko Sato, Jean-François Morot-Gaudry, Frédérik Le Dily, and Céline Masclaux-Daubresse

Nitrogen Recycling and Remobilization Are Differentially Controlled by Leaf Senescence and Development Stage in Arabidopsis under Low Nitrogen Nutrition
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1437-1449. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.119040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE REGULATION:

Enriqueta Alós, María Roca, Domingo José Iglesias, Maria Isabel Mínguez-Mosquera, Cynthia Maria Borges Damasceno, Theodore William Thannhauser, Jocelyn Kenneth Campbell Rose, Manuel Talón, and Manuel Cercós

An Evaluation of the Basis and Consequences of a Stay-Green Mutation in the navel negra Citrus Mutant Using Transcriptomic and Proteomic Profiling and Metabolite Analysis
Plant Physiol. 2008 147: 1300-1315. First Published on May 8, 2008; 10.1104/pp.108.119917 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

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