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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 35m

A light-governed cascade of ubiquitin modifications regulates cotton fiber development by coordinating PIN3a proteolysis (Liuqin Zhang, Yanling Zhou, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Jul 22

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Single Cell Technologies. This focus dedicated to the emerging field of plant single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), etc. Submission Deadline: 09/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Mar 14

Call for Papers: 2027 Focus Issue on Specialized Metabolites. This focus issue aims to provide a forum to improve our understanding of plant specialized metabolism. Submission Deadline: 05/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨 Did you know? Publishing in The Plant Cell doesn’t just advance your career—it supports the entire field of plant biology.
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 2h

REVIEW: Non-Photochemical Quenching in Plants: Mechanisms and Mysteries (Herbert van Amerongen, Roberta Croce) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 4h

Editing of rice PSEUDO-ETIOLATION IN LIGHT microProtein genes promotes chloroplast development (Heebak Choi, Tae Gyu Yi, Yun-Shil Gho, Ki-Hong Jung, Sun-Hwa Ha) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 22h

Decoding tissue-specific enhancers in plants using massively parallel assays and deep learning (Yaxin Deng, 邓雅欣, Weihua Zhao, 赵伟华, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Decoding tissue-specific enhancers in plants using massively parallel assays and deep learning

A large catalog of functional enhancers provides insights into the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression in plants.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 23h

Check out the September 2025 issue of The Plant Cell from @ASPB @OxUniPress! academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience

Volume 37 Issue 9 | The Plant Cell | Oxford Academic

The Plant Cell publishes novel research of special significance in plant biology, especially in the areas of cellular biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, development, and evolution.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 4d

IN BRIEF: Emergence and evolution of canonical microRNAs: A case study in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata (Pei Qin Ng) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Emergence and evolution of canonical microRNAs: A case study in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small RNAs that are 21 or 22 nucleotides (nts) long and have been shown to play critical roles in various plant life proc

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 4d

Brassinosteroid-signaling kinase 4 activates mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 to enhance cold stress tolerance in maize (Chen Zhang, Guangdong Li, Yitian Pan, Qian Li, Yadan Miao, Yang Xiang, Aying Zhang) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Brassinosteroid-signaling kinase 4 activates mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 to enhance cold stress tolerance in maize

A signaling cascade involving the kinases BSK4 and MAPK4 triggers transcription factors bHLH111 and bHLH181 phosphorylation and enhances their activity, pr

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 5d

Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen (S Einspanier, C Tominello-Ramirez, F Delplace, R Stam) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @sev1panier

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 5d

The bHLH transcription factor DTT1 is part of a paired key that unlocks the tapetum transition in barley anther development (Miaoyuan Hua, Wenzhe Yin, Alison C Tidy, José Fernández Gómez, Huanjun Li, Shuya Shi, Guangwei Xing, Jie Zong, Zoe A Wilson) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 5d

IN BRIEF: Tiny seeds, big decisions: Jasmonate-mediated regulation of seed size in Arabidopsis via the SOD7-KLU module (Nitin Uttam Kamble) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Tiny seeds, big decisions: Jasmonate-mediated regulation of seed size in Arabidopsis via the SOD7-KLU module

More than a biological unit, a seed is a philosophical symbol of life's continuity. It encapsulates the paradox of being miniature, yet immense in potentia

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 5d

A plant RNA virus hijacks a membrane-anchored dual-specificity phosphatase to attenuate MAPK-mediated immunity for robust infection (Yameng Luan, Xue Jiang, Yuting Wang, Mengzhu Chai, Fangfang Li, Aiming Wang, Xiaoyun Wu, Xiaofei Cheng) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #Plantscience

A plant RNA virus hijacks a membrane-anchored dual-specificity phosphatase to attenuate MAPK-mediated immunity for robust infection

The turnip mosaic virus P3 protein binds membrane-anchored phosphatase DSP4 to dephosphorylate MPK3/6, counteracting their antiviral role and promoting vir

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 6d

Nucleolar fibrillarin methyltransferase regulates systemic trafficking of a plant virus satellite RNA (Chih-Hao Chang, Jiun-Da Wang, Shu-Chuan Lee, Yau-Heiu Hsu, Chung-Chi Hu, Na-Sheng Lin) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Nucleolar fibrillarin methyltransferase regulates systemic trafficking of a plant virus satellite RNA

Fibrillarin methylates a subviral protein to facilitate satellite RNA trafficking in plants.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 6d

A variome-transcriptome-metabolome network links GABA biosynthesis to stress resilience in maize (Yunyun Wang, Dan Sun, Yamin Duan, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

A variome-transcriptome-metabolome network links GABA biosynthesis to stress resilience in maize

Multi-omics analysis reveals that natural variation in the glutamate decarboxylase gene enhances maize stress tolerance by producing gamma-aminobutyric aci

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 6d

BIN2-mediated phosphorylation of KAN1 integrates brassinosteroid and auxin signaling during poplar secondary growth (Wenrong Tan, Xiaolan Yue, Yangzhou Pan, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 6d

IN BRIEF: Chromatin insulators: Good fences that make good neighbors (Laura Arribas-Hernández) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Chromatin insulators: Good fences that make good neighbors

Keeping distance is essential not only for people but also for genes. Within the crowded chromatin, cis-regulatory modules controlling the transcription of

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 7d

Non-catalytic functions of ISOAMYLASE 1 and 2 affect the proportion of insoluble and soluble α-polyglucans in maize (Tracie A Hennen-Bierwagen, Martha G James, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Non-catalytic functions of ISOAMYLASE 1 and 2 affect the proportion of insoluble and soluble α-polyglucans in maize

Complexes containing isoamylase 1 and isoamylase 2 affect the distribution between soluble and insoluble α-polyglucans in maize endosperm in part by functi

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Jul 22

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Single Cell Technologies. This focus dedicated to the emerging field of plant single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), etc. Submission Deadline: 09/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 7d

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Mar 14

Call for Papers: 2027 Focus Issue on Specialized Metabolites. This focus issue aims to provide a forum to improve our understanding of plant specialized metabolism. Submission Deadline: 05/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 7d

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨 Did you know? Publishing in The Plant Cell doesn’t just advance your career—it supports the entire field of plant biology.
We're published by ASPB ‪@aspbofficial.bsky.social‬, a nonprofit devoted to advancing plant science 🌿
#PlantScience #NonprofitPublishing #PublishWithPurpose

The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 7d

INTACT-based guard cell transcriptomes from a progressive drought time course reveal targets for modifying stomatal responses (Anna van Weringh, Paul J Gamueda, Hasna Khan, Asher Pasha, Eddi Esteban, Nicholas J Provart) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 7d

Identification of a cleaved aberrant RNA associated with the initiation of transgene silencing (Marianne C Kramer, Thivanka Sandaruwan Ratnayake, Seth A Edwards, Harper L Lowrey, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 7d

Natural variation in the ZmPIMT1 promoter enhances seed aging tolerance by regulating PABP2 repair in maize (Yumin Zhang, Lynnette M A Dirk, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Natural variation in the ZmPIMT1 promoter enhances seed aging tolerance by regulating PABP2 repair in maize

A natural variation in the promoter of a protein damage repair gene enhances seed vigor and longevity, providing a target for breeding improvement.

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