MASC - Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee

Baris Uzilday, Ege University, Faculty of Science, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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October 9th 2020

Majority of the plant science in Turkey focus on crop plants such as wheat, barley or other economically important legumes. This is not surprising since Turkey is among the gene centers of wheat and some other crops and has a large arable land, which is roughly 1/5 of total of EU28 (Costa et al. 2019). Also, Turkey has rich plant diversity due to diverse habitat types and in recent years plant scientist has focused on biology of endemic plant species that reside in these habitats.

When one checks the seed banks (NASC or ABRC) for ecotypes from Turkey, the results are very limited (2 different localities) (TAIR database as 28.03.2020), although Turkey is roughly 3 times larger than UK. Hence, natural variation in Turkey is highly under-represented in seed banks and inevitably in studies that investigate natural variation of Arabidopsis. Distribution map of NASC natural ecotypes stock given in Figure 45 clearly shows lack of ecotypes from Turkey in seeds banks, while Germany, UK, Spain, Sweden and France take the lead in the land area normalized list (seed bank entries per 100.000 km2).

Since Turkey is very rich in plant biodiversity (ex: Turkey has equal or more number of plant species when compared to EU28 combined) and habitat diversity it can be reckoned that Arabidopsis natural variation in Turkey should also have the potential to be high. By considering this potential recently there is an initiative to create a collection of Arabidopsis from different geographical regions of Turkey.

There are only few laboratories that utilize Arabidopsis as a model for physiological or molecular studies. However, in the recent years, some laboratories also started to utilize Arabidopsis-related model species (ARMS) that are found in Turkey to elucidate differential responses between Arabidopsis and its extremophile relatives at biochemical and molecular level. Some example plant species are extreme halophyte Schrenkiella parvula (Eutrema parvulum) that is found around Salt Lake (central Anatolia, Turkey) (Uzilday et al., 2015, Yalcinkaya et al. 2019) or Arabis alpina, which is an artic-alpine species.

Moreover, it is believed that Arabis alpina originates from Anatolian mountains (Ansell et al. 2011). The number of these examples can be increased, but, overall, it can be concluded that Turkey has a biodiversity potential that can be synergistically exploited in conjugation with Arabidopsis and tools it provide to researchers.

Conferences, Workshops and Outreach events

4th National Plant Physiology Symposium (UBFS2020) - https://ubfs2020.aku.edu.tr/

Selected Publications

Akkaya, Ö., & Arslan, E. (2019). Biotransformation of 2, 4-dinitrotoluene by the beneficial association of engineered Pseudomonas putida with Arabidopsis thaliana. 3 Biotech, 9(11), 408.

Arslan, E., & Akkaya, Ö. (2020). Biotization of Arabidopsis thaliana with Pseudomonas putida and assessment of its positive effect on in vitro growth. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 1-9.

Demircan, N., Cucun, G., & Uzilday, B. (2020). Mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX1a) is required for the mitigation of arsenic-induced oxidative stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biotechnology Reports, 1-11.

Eroglu, S., Karaca, N., Vogel-Mikus, K., Kavcic, A., Filiz, E., & Tanyolac, B. (2019). The conservation of VIT1-dependent iron distribution in seeds. Frontiers in plant science, 10, 907.

Gören-Saglam, N., Harrison, E., Breeze, E., Öz, G., & Buchanan-Wollaston, V. (2020). Analysis of the impact of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) on gene expression during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 1-13.

Kayihan, D.S., Kayihan, C., & Çiftçi, Y.Ö. (2019). Moderate level of toxic boron causes differential regulation of microRNAs related to jasmonate and ethylene metabolisms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Turkish Journal of Botany, 43(2), 167-172.

Niron, H., & Türet, M. (2019). A Putative Common Bean Chalcone O-Methyltransferase Improves Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 1-13.

Pandey, A., Khan, M. K., Hakki, E. E., Gezgin, S., & Hamurcu, M. (2019). Combined Boron Toxicity and Salinity Stress—An Insight into Its Interaction in Plants. Plants, 8(10), 364.

Surgun-Acar, Y., & Zemheri-Navruz, F. (2019). 24-Epibrassinolide promotes arsenic tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana L. by altering stress responses at biochemical and molecular level. Journal of plant physiology, 238, 12-19.

Yalcinkaya, T., Uzilday, B., Ozgur, R., & Turkan, I. (2019). The roles of reactive carbonyl species in induction of antioxidant defence and ROS signalling in extreme halophytic model Eutrema parvulum and glycophytic model Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental and experimental botany, 160, 81-91

Major Funding Sources

• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
https://www.tubitak.gov.tr/en

Robert Malinowski

Department of Integrative Plant Biology
Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Ul. Strzeszynska 34
60-479 Warszawa
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October 9th 2020

Arabidopsis is undoubtedly an important object of scientific research in Poland. The total value of signed contracts for projects on this model plant by the National Science Center Poland in 2019 was 2,973,265 EUR. The net value of other ongoing NCN-funded Arabidopsis projects that have started in previous years was 9,471,097 EUR.

Similarly to other countries, in Poland Arabidopsis has dual use as a model to study basic processes in plants and a very practical system facilitating functional studies for crop species. Due to the multidisciplinary character of plant research and complexity of studied subjects our scientists cooperate internationally. Such example could be the work of Lopez et al. published in 2019, that results from Polish-American co-operation.

Lopez VA, Park BC, Nowak D, Sreelatha A, Zembek P, Fernandez J, Servage KA, Gradowski M, Hennig J, Tomchick DR, Pawłowski K, Krzymowska M, Tagliabracci VS (2019) A Bacterial Effector Mimics a Host HSP90 Client to Undermine Immunity. Cell 179: 205-218.e221

The authors report the discovery of bacterial effector kinase HopBF1, which has the ability to modulate plant host immunity by phosphorylation of the HSP90 protein. The work describes a new, previously unknown phenomenon in the interaction between the plant and the pathogen.

In 2019, two important scientific conferences were held in Poland. The first is the 44th Federation of European Biochemical Societies Conference, during which plant-related subjects (including Arabidopsis)were widely discussed. The second conference was the 9th Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology Conference. Here, works on Arabidopsis were very strongly represented by both Polish scientists and international leaders. In particular flowering, seed formation, epigenetics, interactions of plants with biotic and abiotic factors were discussed.

The subject of plant responses to stress is very actively explored in Poland. This is also reflected by increasing number of papers in this field published every year.

New Resources and Software tools available for Arabidopsis Researchers that have been initiated or funded in 2019

Web application AFproject - a joint effort to benchmark, improve and simplify alignment-free sequence analysis. [http://afproject.org/app/]
Zielezinski et al. Benchmarking of alignment-free sequence comparison methods. Genome Biology, 2019, 20, p144. doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1755-7

Conferences, Workshops and Outreach events

- 44th Federation of European Biochemical Societies Conference – Krakow, Poland, July 6-11, 2019

- 9th Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology Conference - Torus, Poland, September 9–12, 2019

Selected Publications

Research conducted on Arabidopsis:

Kwasniak-Owczarek M, Kazmierczak U, Tomal A, Mackiewicz P, Janska H. 2019. Deficiency of mitoribosomal S10 protein affects translation and splicing in Arabidopsis mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Research 47(22): 11790-11806.

Kwasnik A, Wang VY-F, Krzyszton M, Gozdek A, Zakrzewska-Placzek M, Stepniak K, Poznanski J, Tong L, Kufel J. 2019. Arabidopsis DXO1 links RNA turnover and chloroplast function independently of its enzymatic activity. Nucleic Acids Research 47(9): 4751-4764.

Maszkowska J, Dębski J, Kulik A, Kistowski M, Bucholc M, Lichocka M, Klimecka M, Sztatelman O, Szymańska KP, Dadlez M, et al. 2019. Phosphoproteomic analysis reveals that dehydrins ERD10 and ERD14 are phosphorylated by SNF1-related protein kinase 2.10 in response to osmotic stress. Plant, Cell & Environment 42(3): 931-946.

Mazur R, Mostowska A, Szach J, Gieczewska K, Wójtowicz J, Bednarska K, Garstka M, Kowalewska Ł. 2019. Galactolipid deficiency disturbs spatial arrangement of the thylakoid network in Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 70(18): 4689-4704.

Olszak M, Truman W, Stefanowicz K, Sliwinska E, Ito M, Walerowski P, Rolfe S, Malinowski R. 2019. Transcriptional profiling identifies critical steps of cell cycle reprogramming necessary for Plasmodiophora brassicae-driven gall formation in Arabidopsis. Plant J 97(4): 715-729.

Rozpądek P, Nosek M, Domka A, Ważny R, Jędrzejczyk R, Tokarz K, Pilarska M, Niewiadomska E, Turnau K. 2019. Acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus and alterations in sugar metabolism in response to inoculation with endophytic fungi. Plant, Cell & Environment 42(4): 1408-1423.

You Y, Sawikowska A, Lee JE, Benstein RM, Neumann M, Krajewski P, Schmid M. 2019. Phloem Companion Cell-Specific Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Analyses Identify MRF1, a Regulator of Flowering. The Plant Cell 31(2): 325-345.

Research conducted on other plant species:

Lopez VA, Park BC, Nowak D, Sreelatha A, Zembek P, Fernandez J, Servage KA, et al. 2019. A Bacterial Effector Mimics a Host HSP90 Client to Undermine Immunity. Cell 179(1): 205-218.e221.
Pawela A, Banasiak J, Biała W, Martinoia E, Jasiński M. 2019. MtABCG20 is an ABA exporter influencing root morphology and seed germination of Medicago truncatula. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 98(3): 511-523.

Major Funding Sources

• National Science Centre Poland
https://www.ncn.gov.pl/

• Foundation for Polish Science
https://www.fnp.org.pl/

• The National Centre for Research and Development https://www.ncbr.gov.pl

Prof. Charles Spillane

Genetics & Biotechnology Lab, Plant & AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway H91 REW4, Ireland. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: www.spillanelab.org

October 9th 2020

Most research funding agencies in Ireland are focused on near-term applied research. However, research on model organisms such as Arabidopsis thaliana has been funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) if it is considered either oriented basic or applied research, while fellowship funding is available from the Irish Research Council (IRC) for basic research, including on Arabidopsis.

There is strong pressure from funding agencies via funding calls in Ireland for the research community to focus on applied research. There is a need to grow the Arabidopsis research community in Ireland to a larger scale, which can best be achieved through international partnerships combined with the recruitment priorities of the universities in Ireland. We look forward to welcoming ICAR2022 to Belfast and hope that this event can raise the profile of Arabidopsis and plant science in Ireland.
http://icar2022.arabidopsisresearch.org/
Conferences, Workshops and Outreach events

There is an annual Irish Arabidopsis Meeting which aims to bring together the Arabidopsis researcher community in Ireland.

Selected Publications

Łangowski L, Goñi O, Quille P, Stephenson S, Carmody N, Feeney E, Barton D, Østergaard L and SO’Connell S (2019) A Plant Biostimulant From the Seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (Sealicit) Reduces Podshatter and Yield Loss in Oilseed Rape Through Modulation of IND Expression. Sci Rep 9(1):16644

Zuniga-Soto E, Fitzpatrick DA, Doohan FM and Mullins E (2019) Insights into the transcriptomic response of the plant engineering bacterium Ensifer adhaerens OV14 during transformation. Scientific reports. Jul 17;9(1):1-7.

Tuteja, R., McKeown, P.C., Ryan, P., Morgan, C.C., Donoghue, M.T., Downing, T., O’Connell, M.J. and Spillane, C., (2019). Paternally expressed imprinted genes under positive Darwinian selection in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Biology and Evolution
doi:10.1093/molbev/msz063

Mikulski, P., Hohenstatt, M.L., Farrona, S., Smaczniak, C., Stahl, Y., Kalyanikrishna, K., Kaufmann, K., Angenent, G.C. and Schubert, D (2019). The chromatin-associated protein PWO1 interacts with plant nuclear lamin-like components to regulate nuclear size. The Plant Cell
doi:10.1105/tpc.18.00663

Duszynska, D., Vilhjalmsson, B., Bravo, R.C., Swamidatta, S., Juenger, T.E., Donoghue, M.T., Comte, A., Nordborg, M., Sharbel, T.F., Brychkova, G., McKeown, P.C. and Spillane C. (2019) Transgenerational effects of inter-ploidy cross direction on reproduction and F2 seed development of Arabidopsis thaliana F1 hybrid triploids. Plant Reproduction, pp.1-15. doi:10.1007/s00497-019-00369-6

Coffey, A. and Jansen, M.A., (2019) Effects of natural solar UV-B radiation on three Arabidopsis accessions are strongly affected by seasonal weather conditions. Plant physiology and biochemistry, 134, pp.64-72
doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.06.016

Major Funding Sources

• Foundation Ireland (SFI); Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology; and the European Union.

Ireland (population > 4.6 million) has a relatively small and diverse plant research community (approx 30-40 research groups). There are currently no private sector institutions working with Arabidopsis thaliana in Ireland.

The following research groups in Ireland are conducting research using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana:

1. Prof Charles Spillane, Genetics and Biotechnology Lab, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland.

2. Dr. Ronan Sulpice, Plant Systems Biology Lab, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland.

3. Dr. Sara Farrona, Plant Developmental Epigenetics Lab, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland.

4. Dr. Zoe Popper, Plant Cell Wall Lab, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland.

5. Dr. Frank Wellmer, Plant Developmental Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin.

6. Dr. Paul McCabe, School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

7. Dr. Carl Ng, School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

8. Dr. Fiona Doohan, School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

9. Dr. Rainer Melter, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland.

10. Dr. Marcel Jansen, Zoology, Ecology & Plant Science (ZEPs), University College Cork, Ireland.

11. Prof. Astrid Wingler, Zoology, Ecology & Plant Science (ZEPs), University College Cork, Ireland.

12. Dr. Fuquan Liu, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

13. Dr Johnathan Dalzell, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

14. Dr. Emmanualle Graciet, School of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland.

Liina Jakobson
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Tallinn University of Technology

Hanna Hõrak
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Estonian University of Life Sciences

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October 9th 2020

Arabidopsis research is mostly carried out in TalTech and University of Tartu in Estonia. Researchers in TalTech study the role of the ABCE1 protein and its homologs in RNA silencing and the function of Arabidopsis myosins. In the Institute of Technology at the University of Tartu, researchers focus on the signalling pathways that mediate stomatal responses to environmental cues. Custom-built devices that enable parallel recording of stomatal conductance in multiple intact Arabidopsis plants are used to characterise plant stomatal behaviour.

Several independent research directions are pursued in the institute, including identification and detailed characterisation of the role of genes that control stomatal movements in response to changes in CO2 concentration and relative air humidity; and assessing potential interactions between signalling pathways that control stomatal development and movements. In the Department of Botany at the University of Tartu, Arabidopsis is used as a model to study the effects of cultivation density on individual and group performance.

New Resources and Software tools available for Arabidopsis Researchers that have been initiated or funded in 2019

We continually update and improve the custom-built gas-exchange systems designed for measuring stomatal conductance, transpiration and photosynthesis in whole Arabidopsis rosettes and in leaves in controlled and adjustable conditions. Air temperature, air composition (humidity, CO2, O3 etc) and light conditions can be manipulated throughout the experiment and several plants can be recorded in parallel.

Conferences, Workshops and Outreach events

• The New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists 2020 meeting that was supposed to take place from 3-6 August in Tartu, Estonia has been postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19
https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2020

Selected Publications

In 2019, there were no publications with leading authors from Estonia, but Estonian Arabidopsis researchers contributed to several collaboration papers.

Dittrich M, Mueller HM, Bauer H, Peirats-Llobet M, Rodriguez PL, Geilfus C-M, Carpentier SC, Rasheid KASA, Kollist H, Merilo E, et al (2019) The role of Arabidopsis ABA receptors from the PYR/PYL/RCAR family in stomatal acclimation and closure signal integration. Nat Plants 5: 1002–1011

Huang S, Waadt R, Nuhkat M, Kollist H, Hedrich R, Roelfsema MRG (2019) Calcium signals in guard cells enhance the efficiency by which abscisic acid triggers stomatal closure. New Phytol 224: 177–187

Julian J, Coego A, Lozano-Juste J, Lechner E, Wu Q, Zhang X, Merilo E, Belda-Palazon B, Park S-Y, Cutler SR, et al (2019) The MATH-BTB BPM3 and BPM5 subunits of Cullin3-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases target PP2CA and other clade A PP2Cs for degradation. Proc Natl Acad Sci 116: 15725–15734

Sun Y, Harpazi B, Wijerathna-Yapa A, Merilo E, Vries J de, Michaeli D, Gal M, Cuming AC, Kollist H, Mosquna A (2019) A ligand-independent origin of abscisic acid perception. Proc Natl Acad Sci 116: 24892–24899

Major Funding Sources

• Estonian Research Council
www.etag.ee

• Centre of Excellences funded by European Regional Development Fund, coordinated in Estonia by Archimedes Foundation. www.archimedes.ee

Yuling Jiao, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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There are a large number of Chinese research institutions that conduct Arabidopsis research. Because of the large size of the country, it is difficult to precisely estimate the exact number of research labs using Arabidopsis, although the number must be over 500. This can in part be reflected by the large number of Arabidopsis related research papers published by Chinese researchers.

According to the 2019 MASC Report, about one-third of all Arabidopsis papers published in 2018 were from China. Not surprisingly, research topics range from developmental and hormone biology to abiotic and biotic stress, and to evolution. Hence, Arabidopsis is the model plant of choice to many groups. However, only a small portion of these labs is solely dedicated to Arabidopsis research or using Arabidopsis as the main model plant, which may be very different from many other countries.

A major reason behind would be the current funding priority. Whereas there are dedicated grants to basic and applied research in maize, rice, wheat, and virtually each minor crop, there are no such funding programs towards Arabidopsis research. As a result, Arabidopsis is often used as an easily manipulated model system to test crop gene functions. Nevertheless, the number of Arabidopsis papers published in 2018 by Chinese researchers ranks only after rice papers, and more than those of maize or wheat.

Most Arabidopsis research occurs in research universities, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) institutes, and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences institutes. In addition, most provinces have one or more agricultural universities, where you can find at least some Arabidopsis research.

New Resources and Software tools available for Arabidopsis Researchers that have been initiated or funded in 2019.

- AraShare: A community biological resource center
http://www.arashare.cn/

- Plant Transcriptional Regulatory Map (includes updated PlantTFDB and additional resources)
http://plantregmap.cbi.pku.edu.cn/

- AHD2.0: Arabidopsis hormone database 2.0
https://bigd.big.ac.cn/ahd/

- LSD3.0: Arabidopsis leaf senescence database 3.0
https://bigd.big.ac.cn/lsd/

- PlantGSEA: a gene set enrichment analysis toolkit for plant community
http://structuralbiology.cau.edu.cn/PlantGSEA/

- PsRobot: Plant small RNA analysis toolbox
http://omicslab.genetics.ac.cn/psRobot/

- Shoot cell type-specific expression ebrowser
http://jiaolab.genetics.ac.cn/shootapex.html

Conferences, Workshops and Outreach events

Major conferences held in 2019
- 30th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2019), June 16-21, 2019, Wuhan, Hubei

- International Symposium on Plant Receptor Kinases and Cell Signaling, June 21-23, 2019, Beijing

- 21st International Conference on Nitrogen Fixation (ICNF2019), October 10-15, 2019 Wuhan, Hubei

- 2019 National Congress of Plant Biology, October 11-14, 2019 Chengdu, Sichuan (http://www.ncpb.net/2019/)

Selected Publications

Li W, Song T, Wallrad L, Kudla J, Wang X, Zhang W. (2019) Tissue-specific accumulation of pH-sensing phosphatidic acid determines plant stress tolerance. Nat Plants. 2019 Sep;5(9):1012-1021.
Cui Y, Cao W, He Y, Zhao Q, Wakazaki M, Zhuang X, Gao J, Zeng Y, Gao C, Ding Y, Wong HY, Wong WS, Lam HK, Wang P, Ueda T, Rojas-Pierce M, Toyooka K, Kang B-H, Jiang L. (2019) A whole-cell electron tomography model of vacuole biogenesis in Arabidopsis root cells. Nat. Plants 5(1):95-105.

He J, Chen Q, Xin P, Yuan J, Ma Y, Wang X, Xu M, Chu J, Peters RJ, Wang G. (2019) CYP72A enzymes catalyse 13-hydrolyzation of gibberellins. Nat. Plants 5(10): 1057-1065.

Li H, Cai Z, Wang X, Li M, Cui Y, Cui N, Yang F, Zhu M, Zhao J, Du W, He K, Yi J, Tax FE, Hou S, Li J, Gou X. (2019) SERK receptor-like kinases control division patterns of vascular precursors and ground tissue stem cells during embryo development in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 12(7): 984-1002.

Qiu Q, Mei H, Deng X, He K, Wu B, Yao Q, Zhang J, Lu F, Ma J, Cao X. (2019) DNA methylation repels targeting of Arabidopsis REF6. Nat. Commun. 10(1): 2063.

Tian C, Wang Y, Yu H, He J, Wang J, Shi B, Du Q, Provart NJ, Meyerowitz EM, Jiao Y. (2019) A gene expression map of shoot domains reveals regulatory mechanisms. Nat. Commun. 10(1): 141.

Wang J, Hu M, Wang J, Qi J, Han Z, Wang G, Qi Y, Wang H-W, Zhou J-M, Chai J. (2019) Reconstitution and structure of a plant NLR resistosome conferring immunity. Science 364(6435): eaav5870.

Wang J, Wang J, Hu M, Wu S, Qi J, Wang G, Han Z, Qi Y, Gao N, Wang H-W, Zhou J-M, Chai J. (2019) Ligand-triggered allosteric ADP release primes a plant NLR complex. Science 364(6435): eaav5868.

Wang X, Ding Y, Li Z, Shi Y, Wang J, Hua J, Gong Z, Zhou JM, Yang S. (2019) PUB25 and PUB26 promote plant freezing tolerance by degrading the cold signaling negative regulator MYB15. Dev. Cell 51(2): 222-235.

You Y, Zhai Q, An C, Li C. (2019) LEUNIG_HOMOLOG mediates MYC2-dependent transcriptional activation in cooperation with the coactivators HAC1 and MED25. Plant Cell 31(9): 2187-2205.

Zhong S, Liu M, Wang Z, Huang Q, Hou S, Xu YC, Ge Z, Song Z, Huang J, Qiu X, Shi Y, Xiao J, Liu P, Guo YL, Dong J, Dresselhaus T, Gu H, Qu L-J. (2019) Cysteine-rich peptides promote interspecific genetic isolation in Arabidopsis. Science 364(6443): eaau9564.

Major Funding Sources
National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC)
http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal1
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
http://www.most.gov.cn/eng/programmes1/index.htm

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