Seminars Plant Growth and Development 2018

1) Methyl salicylate – a mobile defense signal in plants

Park SW. et al. Science. 2007 Oct 5;318(5847):113-6.

2) Ethylene function during wood development

Love J. et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 7;106(14):5984-9.
Andersson-Gunnerås S et al. Plant J. 2003 May;34(3):339-49.

3) An amino acid receptor

Ortiz-Ramírez, C., Michard, E., Simon, A.A., Damineli, D.S.C., Hernández-Coronado, M.,
Becker, J.D., and Feijó, J.A. (2017). GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE channels are essential for
chemotaxis and reproduction in mosses. Nature 549, 91–95.

4) Hormonal control of a stem cell niche

Zhao Z. et al. Nature. 2010 Jun 24;465(7301):1089-92.

5) Oxygen sensing
Shahzad, Z., Canut, M., Tournaire-Roux, C., Martinière, A., Boursiac, Y., Loudet, O., and
Maurel, C. (2016). A Potassium-Dependent Oxygen Sensing Pathway Regulates Plant Root
Hydraulics. Cell 167: 87–98.e14.

6) The molecular basis for Roundup-ready crops

Funke et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 29;103(35):13010-5
Sandermann H. Trends Plant Sci. 2006 Jul;11(7):324-8. (review/comment)

7) Strigolactones – new hormonal regulators of shoot branching

Gomez-Roldan V et al. Nature. 2008 Sep 11;455(7210):189-94. AND/OR
Umehara M. et al. Nature. 2008 Sep 11;455(7210): 195-201. AND/OR
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8) Plant cell division and cytokinesis

Haga N. et al. Development. 2007 Mar;134(6):1101-10.

9) MicroRNAs in leaf development

Nicovics et al. Plant Cell. 2006 Nov;18(11):2929-45. Epub 2006 Nov 10.

10) Root regeneration

Efroni, I., Mello, A., Nawy, T., Ip, P.-L., Rahni, R., DelRose, N., Powers, A., Satija, R., and
Birnbaum, K.D. (2016). Root Regeneration Triggers an Embryo-like Sequence Guided by
Hormonal Interactions. Cell 165: 1721–1733.

11) Synthetic biology – turning yeast to plant

Pfister, B., Sánchez-Ferrer, A., Diaz, A., Lu, K., Otto, C., Holler, M., Shaik, F.R., Meier, F.,
Mezzenga, R., and Zeeman, S.C. (2016). Recreating the synthesis of starch granules in yeast.
Elife 5, 95.

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12) Sugar signals affect yield and resilience
Griffiths, C.A, et al. (2016). Nature 540,574578.

13) Signaling within the cell

Pornsiriwong, W. et al. (2017). Elife 6. 63.

14) Embryogenesis – establishment of the proembryo boundary

Nawy T. et al. Dev Cell. 2010 Jul 20;19(1):103-13.

15) Embryogenesis – TOPLESS signaling.

Smith Z.R., Long JA. Nature. 2010 Mar 18;464(7287):423-6.

16) MicroRNA function in root development

Carlsbecker A. et al. Nature. 2010 May 20;465(7296):316-21.

17) Stomata development - Regulation of cell proliferation in the stomatal lineage

Xie et al. Plant Cell. 2010 Jul;22(7):2306-21. AND/OR
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18) Endodermal differentiation

Roppolo D et al. 2011. Nature. 473(7347):380-3.
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19) Male perception of female signals in plants

Wang t et al. Nature. 2016 Mar 10;531(7593):241-4.

20) Communication between circadian clocks

Endo M, Shimizu H, Nohales MA, Araki T, Kay SA. 2014. Tissue-specific clocks in Arabidopsis
show asymmetric coupling. Nature 515: 419–422.

21) Nutrient signaling

Tabata, R., Sumida, K., Yoshii, T., Ohyama, K., Shinohara, H., and Matsubayashi, Y. (2014).
Perception of root-derived peptides by shoot LRR-RKs mediates systemic N-demand signaling.
Science 346, 343–346.

22) Early Embryo Development

Maruyama, D., Völz, R., Takeuchi, H., Mori, T., Igawa, T., Kurihara, D., Kawashima, T., Ueda,
M., Ito, M., Umeda, M., et al. (2015). Rapid Elimination of the Persistent Synergid through a Cell
Fusion Mechanism. Cell 161, 907–918.

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23) Plant Defense Signaling
Sarris, P.F., Duxbury, Z., Huh, S.U., Ma, Y., Segonzac, C., Sklenar, J., Derbyshire, P., Cevik, V.,
Rallapalli, G., Saucet, S.B., et al. (2015). A Plant Immune Receptor Detects Pathogen Effectors
that Target WRKY Transcription Factors. Cell 161, 1089–1100.

24) Plant Viral Defense

Zorzatto, C., Machado, J.P.B., Lopes, K.V.G., Nascimento, K.J.T., Pereira, W.A., Brustolini,
O.J.B., Reis, P.A.B., Calil, I.P., Deguchi, M., Sachetto-Martins, G., et al. (2015). NIK1-mediated
translation suppression functions as a plant antiviral immunity mechanism. Nature 520, 679–682.

25) Peptide Hormones

Wang, J., Li, H., Han, Z., Zhang, H., Wang, T., Lin, G., Chang, J., Yang, W., and Chai, J. (2015).
Allosteric receptor activation by the plant peptide hormone phytosulfokine. Nature 525, 265–268.

26) The genetics of taste

Tieman, D., Zhu, G., Resende, M.F.R., Lin, T., Nguyen, C., Bies, D., Rambla, J.L., Beltran,
K.S.O., Taylor, M., Zhang, B., et al. (2017). A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato
flavor. Science 355, 391–394.

27) Plant interaticon with other organisms – Beneficial interaction

Hiruma, K., Gerlach, N., Sacristán, S., Nakano, R.T., Hacquard, S., Kracher, B., Neumann, U.,
Ramírez, D., Bucher, M., O'Connell, R.J., and Schulze-Lefert, P. (2016). Root Endophyte
Colletotrichum tofieldiae Confers Plant Fitness Benefits that Are Phosphate Status Dependent.
Cell 165: 464–474.

28) Root development

Santuari, L., Sanchez-Perez, G.F., Luijten, M., Rutjens, B., Terpstra, I., Berke, L., Gorte, M.,
Prasad, K., Bao, D., Timmermans-Hereijgers, J.L.P.M., et al. (2016). The PLETHORA Gene
Regulatory Network Guides Growth and Cell Differentiation in Arabidopsis Roots. Plant Cell 28,
2937–2951.

29) Can we make more efficient plants?

Kromdijk, J., Głowacka, K., Leonelli, L., Gabilly, S.T., Iwai, M., Niyogi, K.K., and Long, S.P.
(2016). Improving photosynthesis and crop productivity by accelerating recovery from
photoprotection. Science 354, 857–861.

30) Changed growth control to improve yields

Li, S., Tian, Y., Wu, K., Ye, Y., Yu, J., Zhang, J., Liu, Q., Hu, M., Li, H., Tong, Y., et al. (2018).
Modulating plant growth–metabolism coordination for sustainable agriculture. Nature 42, 1.

31) Regulation of autophagy

Zhan, N., Wang, C., Chen, L., Yang, H., Feng, J., Gong, X., Ren, B., Wu, R., Mu, J., Li, Y., et al.
(2018). S-Nitrosylation Targets GSNO Reductase for Selective Autophagy during Hypoxia
Responses in Plants. Molecular Cell 71, 142–154.e146.

32) A link between flowering time and seed dormancy

Chen, M., and Penfield, S. (2018). Feedback regulation of COOLAIR expression controls seed
dormancy and flowering time. Science 360, 1014–1017.

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33) Metabolic control of defense signaling
Toyota, M., Spencer, D., Sawai-Toyota, S., Jiaqi, W., Zhang, T., Koo, A.J., Howe, G.A., and
Gilroy, S. (2018). Glutamate triggers long-distance, calcium-based plant defense signaling.
Science 361, 1112–1115.

34) Nitrogen signaling

Gaudinier, A., Rodriguez-Medina, J., Zhang, L., Olson, A., Liseron-Monfils, C., Bågman, A.-M.,
Foret, J., Abbitt, S., Tang, M., Li, B., et al. (2018). Transcriptional regulation of nitrogen-
associated metabolism and growth. Nature 418, 1.

35) Evolution of Transcription factor DNA binding specificity

Sayou C et al. Science. 2014 Feb 7;343(6171):645-8.

36) Pollen tube growth

Takeuchi H1,2, Higashiyama T Nature. 2016 Mar 10;531(7593):245-8.