While cell identities are established early during embryogenesis, these cells remain immature until germination, and the mechanisms enforcing this developmental pause are poorly understood. Embryonic ...

In growth and development of plants, the signaling molecule auxin plays an instrumental role. Many patterning processes are controlled by auxin signaling in a self-organizing matter. After fertilizati...

The type II secretion (T2S) system is conserved across the Xanthomonas lineage, yet its contributions to pathogenicity and secreted protein repertoires are poorly defined. We demonstrate that T2S syst...

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

Plant stem cells have the remarkable ability to give rise to distinct tissues and organs throughout development. Two concentric cylinders of active...

Nature Plants - Yoda screams again

After germination, seedlings undergo etiolated development (skotomorphogenesis), enabling them to gr

Single-cell multiomics can provide broad insights into gene/protein regulatory networks and cellular diversity. Here, authors develop nanoSPLITS, a nanodroplet splitting approach for global profiling ...

In Arabidopsis thaliana, the asymmetric cell division (ACD) of the zygote gives rise to the embryo proper and an extraembryonic suspensor, respectively. This process is controlled by the ERECTA-YODA...