Article
Biology
Natsu Katayama, Satoshi Koi, Akira Sassa, Tetsuya Kurata, Ryoko Imaichi, Masahiro Kato, Tomoaki Nishiyama
Summary: The study conducted molecular evolutionary analyses on Podostemaceae aquatic plants and found increased genome-wide mutation rates, with DNA-repair genes under positive selection. Molecular evolutionary rates varied among lineages, impacting the evolutionary process.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Soeun Yang, Horim Lee
Summary: Salt stress has a severe impact on plant growth and development. Understanding the mechanisms related to growth and development in response to salt stress is crucial for plant tolerance and adaptation. This paper highlights the roles of microRNAs, redox status, reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, and phytohormones in apical meristems for salt tolerance, as well as the relationship between salt stress response and stem cell homeostasis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Ali Eljebbawi, Anika Dolata, Vivien I. Strotmann, Yvonne Stahl
Summary: Plant development relies on the balance of stem cell maintenance and differentiation, which is regulated by intricate networks of biomolecules. Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays a crucial role in plant development by regulating cell fate decisions, floral transition, flowering time, and maintaining the stem cell niche. Further research is required to fully understand the importance of LLPS in plant development.
CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Michael F. Schwartz, Rachel Peters, Aitch M. Hunt, Abdul-Khaliq Abdul-Matin, Lisa Van den Broeck, Rosangela Sozzani
Summary: In contrast to animals, plants continuously produce organs and structures through meristems. Plants have various types of meristems that must be tightly regulated to balance organ production and maintenance. In addition to summarizing plant meristems, this review also discusses cell types with similar molecular features but different maintenance rules.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
J. Thiel, R. Koppolu, C. Trautewig, C. Hertig, S. M. Kale, S. Erbe, M. Mascher, A. Himmelbach, T. Rutten, E. Esteban, A. Pasha, J. Kumlehn, N. J. Provart, S. Vanderauwera, C. Frohberg, T. Schnurbusch
Summary: The study utilized high-resolution RNA-seq technology to reveal the transcriptional regulatory networks of floral meristems in barley, uncovering previously unknown pathways and key regulators. This research will be crucial for comparative transcriptional studies of meristems in grasses.
Review
Plant Sciences
Thomas Dresselhaus, Gerd Juergens
Summary: This review provides a comparative perspective on early zygotic embryogenesis in flowering plants, focusing on processes such as maternal-to-zygotic transition and the establishment of zygotic polarity. Controversial findings regarding the maternal versus paternal contribution to early embryo development are highlighted, along with discussions on major signaling pathways, cell fate genes, and hormones in early embryogenesis. The article also addresses the lack of knowledge about embryo patterning and basic body plan establishment in angiosperms, and discusses the establishment of stem cell niches and the evolutionary aspects of plant embryo development.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY, VOL 72, 2021
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shan Cheng, Qi Wang, Hakim Manghwar, Fen Liu
Summary: Autophagy is a cell degradation process that regulates plant growth and development, as well as stress response. Recent studies have shown its association with meristem development, especially in shoot and root apical meristem.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Virology
Maryam Karimi-Boroujeni, Ali Zahedi-Amiri, Kevin M. Coombs
Summary: Hearing loss is a prevalent chronic health condition worldwide, with viruses playing a significant role in congenital hearing loss. Viruses may impact inner ear development by affecting the expression of key molecules, with certain viruses showing a more pronounced effect on inner ear development.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chan Xu, Hang Guo, Zhijing Wang, Yuan Chen
Summary: This study focuses on expedited seedling regeneration of Heuchera cultivars through leaf cutting and tissue culture techniques, providing insights for cultivators. It successfully rooted thirteen distinct cultivars and induced calli and shoots from petiole samples. Variations in measured parameters were observed across cultivars in both cutting and tissue culture methodologies. The study proposes a streamlined protocol for rapid Heuchera propagation integrating micropropagation and cutting-based propagation.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eliana Mor, Marketa Pernisova, Max Minne, Guillaume Cerutti, Dagmar Ripper, Jonah Nolf, Jennifer Andres, Laura Ragni, Matias D. Zurbriggen, Bert De Rybel, Teva Vernoux
Summary: The bHLH transcription factor heterodimers formed by TMO5 and LHW subclades are universal regulators of cell proliferation in all meristems. However, these transcription factors have specific functions in different meristems, possibly due to variations in their expression domains and the absence of some factors in certain meristems. Differences in transcriptional responses through heterodimer diversification may contribute to cell proliferation control in multiple meristems.
Article
Plant Sciences
A. L. Filartiga, M. Bitomsky, J. Martinkova, J. Klimesova
Summary: A study on root anatomy following plant injury in two perennial herbs suggested that root-sprouting plants rely on preformed buds for resprouting. It was found that the root-sprouting plant Inula britannica had more secondary thickening compared to the non-root-sprouting plant I. salicina, which improved root storage and transport capacity. Contrary to expectations, plant injury did not increase bud formation in I. britannica, and all buds were connected to the root vascular system.
Review
Plant Sciences
Tingwei Yan, Quancan Hou, Xun Wei, Yuchen Qi, Aqing Pu, Suowei Wu, Xueli An, Xiangyuan Wan
Summary: This review summarizes the molecular basis and emerging applications of developmental regulatory genes and nanoparticles in plant transformation, as well as discusses strategies to overcome the obstacles of genotype dependency in plant transformation.
PLANT CELL REPORTS
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Lucija Markulin, Andreja Skiljaica, Mirta Tokic, Mateja Jagic, Tamara Vuk, Natasa Bauer, Dunja Leljak Levanic
Summary: The article discusses the importance of DNA methylation during plant embryogenesis, with a focus on the regulatory role of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) and its involvement in both zygotic and somatic embryogenesis. It highlights the mechanism of RdDM in silencing transposons and establishing genome stability in developing embryos, as well as its potential global mechanism of transcription control during developmental transitions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Henrik ahl, Yi Zhang, Henrik Joensson
Summary: This study presents a method for quantitatively phenotyping plant tissue morphologies using triangulated isosurfaces, which is successfully applied to confocal imaging of aerial organs in Arabidopsis thaliana. The method allows for automatic identification of flower primordia and high-throughput quantification of divergence angles. Additionally, the study demonstrates the use of parameterization methods for geometric characterization of shoot inflorescence.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Huichao Liu, Peng Ding, Yueyue Tong, Xi He, Yulong Yin, Haihan Zhang, Zehe Song
Summary: The study revealed significant changes in the metabolite content of egg yolk during chicken embryo development, with amino acid metabolism pathways being the main annotated category. Specific amino acids showed continuous increases in content during embryonic development, playing important roles in promoting growth and alleviating oxidative stress.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yasir Sidiq, Masataka Nakano, Yumi Mori, Takashi Yaeno, Makoto Kimura, Takumi Nishiuchi
Summary: Nicotinamide pretreatment effectively suppresses Fusarium Head Blight in wheat plants and significantly reduces DON mycotoxin accumulation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Julien Legrand, Toshihiro Yamada, Toshifumi Komatsu, Mark Williams, Tom Harvey, Tim De Backer, Thijs R. A. Vandenbroucke, Phong Duc Nguyen, Hung Dinh Doan, Hung Ba Nguyen
Summary: The study reports the first plant microfossil assemblage from the Si Ka Formation of the Song Cau Group in northern Vietnam, with an age range spanning from late Silurian to early Devonian. Comparison with characteristic features of coeval reports confines the age of the assemblage to late Ludlow to early Pridoli.
ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Satoshi Koi, Prem Lal Uniyal, Masahiro Kato
Summary: The submerged lithophilous Podostemaceae show significant variation in phenotypic characters, and taxonomic estimation based on these characters alone is not sufficient for a natural classification. Through detailed morphological observations and molecular analyses, the relationships between Cussetia and Terniopsis, as well as Indotristicha tirunelveliana and Dalzellia, have been determined. Based on consistent phylogeny and morphological variation, a new genus for Cussetia and Indotristicha tirunelveliana has been proposed, and diagnostic characters have been summarized.
Article
Biology
Natsu Katayama, Satoshi Koi, Akira Sassa, Tetsuya Kurata, Ryoko Imaichi, Masahiro Kato, Tomoaki Nishiyama
Summary: The study conducted molecular evolutionary analyses on Podostemaceae aquatic plants and found increased genome-wide mutation rates, with DNA-repair genes under positive selection. Molecular evolutionary rates varied among lineages, impacting the evolutionary process.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Paleontology
Toshihiro Yamada, Megumi Nishino
Summary: We designated the lectotype of Ptilophyllum pachyrachis Oishi (1940) from the Tetori Group in Central Japan. We reclassified the species to the genus Pterophyllum and found that the specimen reflected a different vegetation type compared to the widely accepted idea about the vegetation in the region during that time period.
PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geology
Julien Legrand, Toshihiro Yamada, Harufumi Nishida
Summary: A new taxon, Yezopollis mikasaensis gen. et sp. nov., is described based on Normapolles-type angiosperm pollen grains obtained from the Mikasa Formation in Mikasa City, Hokkaido, Japan. This new taxon adds a new record to the Normapolles complex and represents the earliest Normapolles-type representative found outside of the province. The co-occurrence of Y. mikasaensis and E. cuneifolia suggests that some early eudicots exhibited intermixed features of extant basal eudicot families if they were shed by the same plant species.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Harufumi Nishida, Ruth A. Stockey, Yusuke Takebe, Julien Legrand, Toshihiro Yamada
Summary: This study describes a new genus of a probable stem polypodioid leptosporangiate fern based on a permineralized fertile pinnule from the Late Cretaceous Yezo Group in Hokkaido, Japan. The study provides insights into the diversity of ferns during this period, challenging previous assumptions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Paleontology
Megumi Nishino, Yuki Ito, Toshihiro Yamada
Summary: Salvinia pseudoformosa has been misidentified as a Miocene species but was found in the middle Eocene Itarakaomappu Formation. Only specimens from the Sasakizawa River can be confirmed as S. pseudoformosa.
PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yasir Sidiq, Daisuke Tamaoki, Takumi Nishiuchi
Summary: This study aimed to identify the candidates of regulatory proteins expressed in the plant epidermis that are related to the plant-pathogen interaction. Comparative proteomic studies were conducted on Arabidopsis leaf epidermis inoculated with fungal phytopathogen. The results showed that certain defense-related Arabidopsis proteins were rapidly induced in the epidermal tissues of inoculated leaves, while their expressions were not differentially regulated by fungal inoculation in the whole leaves.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Yuki Ito, Rieko Fujinami, Ryoko Imaichi, Toshihiro Yamada
Summary: The roots of Selaginellaceae and Lycopodiaceae are endogenously developed at specific positions in the stem, supporting the hypothesis of a shared body plan with their hypothesized ancestors.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Paleontology
Mark Williams, Toshifumi Komatsu, Phong Duc Nguyen, David J. Siveter, Anna McGairy, Harrison Bush, Robert H. Goodall, Thomas H. P. Harvey, Christopher P. Stocker, Julien Legrand, Toshihiro Yamada, C. Giles Miller
Summary: This study presents the first detailed systematic record of Silurian ostracod crustaceans from Vietnam. The fauna co-occurs with macroplant and fish fragments, and pterineid bivalves, in lithofacies that are interpreted as estuarine. The presence of beyrichioideans is consistent with their reported occurrence in marine, marginal-marine and estuarine ostracod assemblages elsewhere in the late Silurian and Devonian.
PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Setsuko Komatsu, Kazuna Hamada, Takashi Furuya, Takumi Nishiuchi, Masahiko Tani
Summary: Proteomic analysis revealed that millimeter-wave irradiation affects membrane proteins in wheat roots, but the mechanism is not fully understood.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Megumi Nishino, Kazuo Terada, Kazuhiko Uemura, Yuki Ito, Toshihiro Yamada
Summary: This study reports an exceptional fossil locality in Japan where a monodominant forest of Wataria parvipora flourished in the lower Miocene. The forest floor was covered by a bed consisting almost exclusively of Byttneriophyllum tiliifolium. Observations suggest a biological connection between B. tiliifolium and W. parvipora, and indicate that Byttneriophyllum-bearing plants started to inhabit swamps no later than the end of the early Miocene.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yusuke Murashita, Takumi Nishiuchi, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Setsuko Komatsu
Summary: The study revealed that plant-derived smoke solution enhances soybean root growth by promoting transcription with RNA polymerase II expression and accumulating ATPase.
Article
Biology
Anna McGairy, Toshifumi Komatsu, Mark Williams, Thomas H. P. Harvey, C. Giles Miller, Phong Duc Nguyen, Julien Legrand, Toshihiro Yamada, David J. Siveter, Harrison Bush, Christopher P. Stocker
Summary: Ostracod crustaceans began occupying marginal marine and estuarine environments early on, acting as a significant component in the transition from marine to non-marine environments.