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Fig. 1.Conceptual illustration of retention of plasmodesmata (PDs) components paired with plasma membrane (PM) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) trafficking mechanisms. (A) PM-associated proteins traffic to the bulk PM via the Golgi body and secretory pathway. (B) Ribosomes associated with the rough ER traffic ER-associated proteins to the bulk ER. (C) The specialized composition at PDs indicated with labels and illustrated with colour gradients: the cortical ER (green) and PDβER (navy blue), and the bulk (light blue) and specialized (purple) cell wall (CW). Magenta outlining conceptualizes the properties of PD-retained proteins clustered to the PD-specific membranes.
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A variety of motifs mediate protein localization at plasmodesmata. Should they be viewed as targeting or retention signals?
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Why Iβm genetically engineering a rainbow flowerβ¦
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New preprint! π Root-knot nematodes hijack root cells, turning them into feeding sites and making plants very sick. Using a cross-species scRNA-seq approach we mapped this process and show how this knowledge can be used to engineer resistant crops.π± A summary𧡠:
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Promotional image for the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images. The promo has a purple and green plant cell graphic with a black background. It also includes the details for the webinar including the date/time: Wednesday September 24, 2025 9:30am CT/10:30am ET/7:30am PT, and the abstract for the event.
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Members of PCA Publish A Guide to Elevate Plant Fluorescence Microscopy.
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Instead of blocking ARF, Aux/IAA is sitting on ARF to lure TIR close, so that it produces cAMP in ARFs vicinity, where it, in an up till now unknow way, activates ARF.
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βWhat we do is deliver information to plants,β so they can learn how to defend themselves from attacks, Federico Ariel, founder and chief scientific officer of Apolo Biotech, explains.
IU Bloomington Distinguished Professor of Biology Roger Innes.
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Sharma et al Figure 1 legend (shortened): Hormones mediate root responses to water availability. (A) Under homogeneous water distribution in soil, lateral roots (LRs) develop symmetrically, resulting in a uniform root system. (B) Root tips show hydrotropism and bend towards areas with high water potential. (C) Growing root tips pause branching in air gaps (xerobranching). (D) Asymmetric SUMOylation of the auxin response factor ARF7 induces asymmetric distribution of lateral roots, leading to hydropatterning. Ethylene suppresses LR formation on the air side of the root. (E) Soil drying decreases water potential vertically, promoting steeper root growth or xerotropism by the action of Deeper Rooting 1 (DRO1). Auxin negatively regulates DRO1, triggering downward bending. Water availability is represented as a blue colour gradient.
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