The first of the two #preprints that Gwendolyn Kirschner
and I discuss in a @preLights article (https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/cell-polarity-linked-to-gravity-sensing-is-generated-by-protein-translocation-from-statoliths-to-the-plasma-membrane-amyloplast-sedimentation-repolarizes-lazys-to-achieve-gravity-sensing-in-plants/) is now published in @ScienceMagazine:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh9978

#PlantScience #PlantResearch #Gravitropism

Another great paper from the Niko Geldner, led by Yan Ma. The flg & SGN pathways activate similar signaling routes & produce similar outputs (MPKs, ROS, lignification), yet, they eventually achieve different things (immunity vs Casparian strip). How is this possible? Where does the specificity come from?
Well, MKKs fine-tune the pathways! 👌
Fantastic #PlantCellBiology !

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.03.547518

#PlantScience #PlantResearch #CellBiology #CellSignalling #Botany #PlantImmunity #PlantBiology

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A new paper from the Lab of Frank Takken on the #Fusarium oxysporum Avr2 effector is out in the journal Molecular Plant Pathology. They show that Avr2 suppresses BIK1 function by preventing ubiquitination & membrane dissociation. Thus, BIK1 can't activate defense gene expression or RBOHD.

https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13369

#MPMI #PlantImmunity #PlantBiology #PlantScience #Agriculture #PlantResearch #PlantPathology #Botany

This is a very good Review on plant receptor kinase signaling from Kyle Bender & Cyril Zipfel, including 5 critical gaps in our understanding of how they function. I agree especially with #5, how specificity is achieved in downstream events.

And I also really appreciate the referencing of primary research papers instead of more reviews. 👍

https://portlandpress.com/biochemj/article/480/12/835/233152/Paradigms-of-receptor-kinase-signaling-in-plants

#PlantScience #PlantResearch #ReceptorKinases #Signaling #CellSignaling

It doesn't cease to amaze me that it sometimes works to make a complex crop plant like the banana resistant against a dangerous pathogen - simply by introducing an Arabidopsis thaliana immunity gene such as EFR. Cool work by Leena Tripathi
from IITA Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, in cooperation with Cyril Zipfel. 👍

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.06.543870v1

#PlantScience #PlantBiotechnology #PlantResearch #PlantBiology #GiveGenesAChance

It's great to see more & more objective, fact-based reporting on #GMOs and GM plants in particular, in German media. 👍

Great job @deutschewelle.

"We have 30 years of safety information showing that GM food is completely safe to eat, and 30 years of information showing it's not dangerous for the environment"

https://p.dw.com/p/4RqZu

#plantscience #plantresearch #geneticengineering #gmo #gmfoods #agriculture

🤔 Did you know that @AnnBot is managed by a not-for-profit educational charity? The Annals of Botany Company was established to promote plant science worldwide.

#plantresearch #botany #plantbiology (1/4)

Here is my #postLight to accompany the #preLight I had written about the fantastic #Pikobodies #preprint by @JiorgosKourelis and @ClemMarchal et al. from @KamounLab. 👇

https://mstdn.science/@preLights/110230509372715719

#PlantScience #PlantResearch

Die Extraktion von #Pflanzen-#DNA ist meist mühsam und zeitraubend. Ziemlich schnell und einfach geht es im @MaerklLab am @EPFL – und zwar mit nadel­bewehrten Plastikstreifen …

— Andrea Pitzschke stellt Tricks und Technik vor: 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/2674.php

#PlantScience #PlantResearch #DNAExtraction #LabTool