Molecular Off Switch: Enzyme That Strips SUMO Tags Decides When Arabidopsis Seeds Wake Up
A new study shows that the SUMO protease ASP1 removes regulatory tags from the chromatin protein AL6, promoting its degradation ...
Tag: Arabidopsis
Mothers Know Best: Plant Seed Coats Use Epigenetic Switches to Sculpt the Embryo
New research reveals that maternal seed coat tissues in plants use H3K27me3 histone demethylation to control auxin delivery and thereby ...
When Mitochondrial Calcium Goes Wrong, Plants Sound a Whole-Cell Alarm
New research in Arabidopsis shows that disrupting the mitochondrial calcium uniporter triggers a coordinated unfolded protein response spanning the nucleus, ...
New Machine-Learning Pipeline Takes the Guesswork Out of Genomic Prediction
An open-source pipeline called GenoBridge automatically adapts machine-learning models to sample size, matching hand-tuned genomic prediction accuracy while delivering calibrated ...
WIND1 Rewrites Plant Cell Fate by Flipping a Single Histone Switch Both Ways
A new commentary highlights how the transcription factor WIND1 simultaneously promotes acetylation and deacetylation of histone H3 lysine 27, coordinating ...
How a Plant Hormone Switches On Immunity: New Clues From Salicylic Acid Receptors
A new Nature study reveals how salicylic acid receptors activate plant defense genes through the Mediator subunit MED15A while simultaneously ...
One Phosphate Switch Decides How a Plant Splicing Factor Fights Salt Stress
A new study shows that phosphorylation of a single threonine residue in the Arabidopsis splicing factor SR45.1 controls nuclear speckle ...
Cell Death Regulator BI-1 Emerges as Key Switch in Plant Immunity Against Oomycete Pathogens
New research identifies the ER-localized cell death regulator BI-1 as a key executor of Arabidopsis resistance to Phytophthora parasitica, controlled ...
Mango Auxin Genes MiYUCCA10A/B Trigger Early Flowering and Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Plants
Researchers at Guangxi University identified twelve YUCCA auxin biosynthesis genes in mango and showed that overexpressing MiYUCCA10A/B drives early flowering, ...
Twisted Peptide Shape Reveals How Plants Reopen Stomata After Immune Alarm
Cryo-EM structures reveal that the SCREW2 peptide adopts a unique cross-ribbon conformation that enables specific recognition by the NUT receptor ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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