Key message The evolutionary conserved TOR kinase positively controls growth and development of the moss Physcomitrella, development and function of its chloroplasts, its protein synthesis, and cell-c...

Die Bundesrepublik ist eine Zweiklassengesellschaft – auch wenn die Vermögensungleichheit immer wieder geleugnet wurde. Die Geschichte eines gebrochenen Versprechens

Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms oil-producing alga into a powerful platform for developing ​​bio-based industrial products.

The Cytochrome P450 Universe. Click to read I Dream of Genes, by David R Nelson, a Substack publication. Launched 9 days ago.

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Climate change-enforced drought stress conditions and diseases caused by pathogens often co-occur and represent one of the greatest challenges in plant science. Wilt pathogens that colonize water-cond...

INOSITOL PHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE 2 (IPCS2) is involved in the biosynthesis of complex sphingolipids at the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Here, we demonstrate a role of IPCS2 in penetration resistance...

This invited feature article discusses the potential of gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS) as a point-of-need alternative for volatilomics. Furthermore, the capabilities and versati...

Lipids are complex molecules crucial for life. The authors developed MS-DIAL 5, a tool that enhances in-depth structure elucidations and the spatial mapping of lipidome. Using advanced techniques, the...

Nature Communications - Genus Phytophthora threat various plant species including fruit, vegetable, and flower crops. The authors report that some NLRs recognize conserved effector families of...

Conference "Molecular Biology of Plants" - Conference website of the yearly meeting of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology in the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG)

In the present study, we analyzed the role played by the apoplast in the crosstalk between biotic an

An improved Agrobacterium tumefaciens–mediated genetic transformation protocol shortens the growth period by ∼6–9 weeks.

Lipidomics, a subfield of metabolomics, involves the comprehensive analysis of lipids within biologi

Spotlight: The role of fossils for reconstructing the evolution of plant development I suspect if we asked someone to describe a fossil we’d hear a lot about dinosaur bones. Certainly…

Just how costly are specialized metabolites? Maybe not very - this opinion article suggests that "secondary metabolites serve auxiliary roles, including functions associated with primary metabolism. ..The costs of plant chemical defense can be offset by multifunctional biosynthesis and the optimi...

Many nucleotides and their derivatives play important roles as molecular signals between the perception and response of plants to changes in their environm

Die Treibhausgas-Konzentration in der Erdatmosphäre steigt stark an. Offenbar schwindet die Kapazität der Ökosysteme, Kohlendioxid zu binden.

Diatoms are a major phylum of microalgae, playing crucial ecological roles. They derive from seconda

Natural products such as antibiotics are produced by many different microorganisms and some may act as microbial Hub signalling compounds disproportionally

Phtheirospermum japonicum is a hemiparasitic plant of the Orobanchaceae, the largest family of parasitic plants. It extracts water and nutrients fr...

MYC2 is a key regulator in the Jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathway, yet the mechanisms governing its stability remain unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that MYC2 is degraded by MPK6 under JA sig...