FOCUS ISSUE ON THE PLANT CYTOSKELETON:

EDITORIAL: STATE OF THE FIELD:

Geoffrey O. Wasteneys and Zhenbiao Yang

The Cytoskeleton Becomes Multidisciplinary
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3853-3854. [Full Text] [PDF]  

UPDATE ON +TIPS AND MICROTUBULE REGULATION:

Sherryl R. Bisgrove, Whitney E. Hable, and Darryl L. Kropf

+TIPs and Microtubule Regulation. The Beginning of the Plus End in Plants
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3855-3863. [Full Text] [PDF]  

UPDATE ON CYTOSKELETAL RESPONSE IN BIOTIC INTERACTIONS:

Daigo Takemoto and Adrienne R. Hardham

The Cytoskeleton as a Regulator and Target of Biotic Interactions in Plants
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3864-3876. [Full Text] [PDF]  

UPDATE ON CYTOSKELETAL MOTORS IN ARABIDOPSIS:

Yuh-Ru Julie Lee and Bo Liu

Cytoskeletal Motors in Arabidopsis. Sixty-One Kinesins and Seventeen Myosins
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3877-3883. [Full Text] [PDF]  

UPDATE ON THE PLANT CYTOSKELETON:

Geoffrey O. Wasteneys and Zhenbiao Yang

New Views on the Plant Cytoskeleton
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3884-3891. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH ARTICLES:

Yong-Fei Wang, Liu-Min Fan, Wen-Zheng Zhang, Wei Zhang, and Wei-Hua Wu

Ca²⁺-Permeable Channels in the Plasma Membrane of Arabidopsis Pollen Are Regulated by Actin Microfilaments
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3892-3904. First Published on November 12, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.042754 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Van Bruaene, Greg Joss, and Patrick Van Oostveldt

Reorganization and in Vivo Dynamics of Microtubules during Arabidopsis Root Hair Development
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3905-3919. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.103.031591 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Christophe Délye, Yosra Menchari, Séverine Michel, and Henri Darmency

Molecular Bases for Sensitivity to Tubulin-Binding Herbicides in Green Foxtail
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3920-3932. First Published on November 5, 2004; 10.1104/pp.103.037432 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Tsubasa Shoji, Noriyuki N. Narita, Kazunori Hayashi, Junko Asada, Takahiro Hamada, Seiji Sonobe, Keiji Nakajima, and Takashi Hashimoto

Plant-Specific Microtubule-Associated Protein SPIRAL2 Is Required for Anisotropic Growth in Arabidopsis
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3933-3944. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.051748 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary L. Preuss, David R. Kovar, Y.-R. Julie Lee, Christopher J. Staiger, Deborah P. Delmer, and Bo Liu

A Plant-Specific Kinesin Binds to Actin Microfilaments and Interacts with Cortical Microtubules in Cotton Fibers
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3945-3955. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052340 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniël Van Damme, Kris Van Poucke, Emmanuel Boutant, Christophe Ritzenthaler, Dirk Inzé, and Danny Geelen

In Vivo Dynamics and Differential Microtubule-Binding Activities of MAP65 Proteins
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3956-3967. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.051623 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael B. Sheahan, Chris J. Staiger, Ray J. Rose, and David W. McCurdy

A Green Fluorescent Protein Fusion to Actin-Binding Domain 2 of Arabidopsis Fimbrin Highlights New Features of a Dynamic Actin Cytoskeleton in Live Plant Cells
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3968-3978. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.049411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Xiaoxue Fan, Jian Hou, Xiaoliang Chen, Faisal Chaudhry, Christopher J. Staiger, and Haiyun Ren

Identification and Characterization of a Ca²⁺-Dependent Actin Filament-Severing Protein from Lily Pollen
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3979-3989. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.046326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tijs Ketelaar, Richard G. Anthony, and Patrick J. Hussey

Green Fluorescent Protein-mTalin Causes Defects in Actin Organization and Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis and Inhibits Actin Depolymerizing Factor's Actin Depolymerizing Activity in Vitro
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3990-3998. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.050799 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REGULAR ISSUE:

ON THE INSIDE:

Peter V. Minorsky

On the Inside
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3851-3852. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES:

Tracy Valentine, Jane Shaw, Vivian C. Blok, Mark S. Phillips, Karl J. Oparka, and Christophe Lacomme

Efficient Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Roots Using a Modified Tobacco Rattle Virus Vector
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 3999-4009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

GENOME ANALYSIS:

Rongcheng Lin and Haiyang Wang

Arabidopsis FHY3/FAR1 Gene Family and Distinct Roles of Its Members in Light Control of Arabidopsis Development
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4010-4022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AND MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES:

Kris Morreel, John Ralph, Fachuang Lu, Geert Goeminne, Roger Busson, Piet Herdewijn, Jan L. Goeman, Johan Van der Eycken, Wout Boerjan, and Eric Messens

Phenolic Profiling of Caffeic Acid O-Methyltransferase-Deficient Poplar Reveals Novel Benzodioxane Oligolignols
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4023-4036. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.049312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sven Anke, Daniel Niemüller, Stefanie Moll, Robert Hänsch, and Dietrich Ober

Polyphyletic Origin of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids within the Asteraceae. Evidence from Differential Tissue Expression of Homospermidine Synthase
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4037-4047. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052357 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul V. Viitanen, Andrew L. Devine, Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Deborah L. Deuel, Drew E. Van Dyk, and Henry Daniell

Metabolic Engineering of the Chloroplast Genome Using the Echerichia coli ubiC Gene Reveals That Chorismate Is a Readily Abundant Plant Precursor for p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Biosynthesis
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4048-4060. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.050054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margret Sauter, Kenneth A. Cornell, Sára Beszteri, and Guillaume Rzewuski

Functional Analysis of Methylthioribose Kinase Genes in Plants
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4061-4071. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.053587 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glenn W. Turner and Rodney Croteau

Organization of Monoterpene Biosynthesis in Mentha. Immunocytochemical Localizations of Geranyl Diphosphate Synthase, Limonene-6-Hydroxylase, Isopiperitenol Dehydrogenase, and Pulegone Reductase
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4215-4227. First Published on November 12, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.050229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sladjana Prisic, Meimei Xu, P. Ross Wilderman, and Reuben J. Peters

Rice Contains Two Disparate ent-Copalyl Diphosphate Synthases with Distinct Metabolic Functions
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4228-4236. First Published on November 12, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.050567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingo Heilmann, Sergei Mekhedov, Barbara King, John Browse, and John Shanklin

Identification of the Arabidopsis Palmitoyl-Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol 7-Desaturase Gene FAD5, and Effects of Plastidial Retargeting of Arabidopsis Desaturases on the fad5 Mutant Phenotype
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4237-4245. First Published on December 3, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052951 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tal Isaacson, Itzhak Ohad, Peter Beyer, and Joseph Hirschberg

Analysis in Vitro of the Enzyme CRTISO Establishes a Poly-cis-Carotenoid Biosynthesis Pathway in Plants
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4246-4255. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaogang Gu and Maor Bar-Peled

The Biosynthesis of UDP-Galacturonic Acid in Plants. Functional Cloning and Characterization of Arabidopsis UDP-D-Glucuronic Acid 4-Epimerase
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4256-4264. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS:

Alvaro Elorza, Gabriel León, Isabel Gómez, Armand Mouras, Loreto Holuigue, Alejandro Araya, and Xavier Jordana

Nuclear SDH2-1 and SDH2-2 Genes, Encoding the Iron-Sulfur Subunit of Mitochondrial Complex II in Arabidopsis, Have Distinct Cell-Specific Expression Patterns and Promoter Activities
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4072-4087. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.049528 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valérie Collin, Petra Lamkemeyer, Myroslawa Miginiac-Maslow, Masakazu Hirasawa, David B. Knaff, Karl-Josef Dietz, and Emmanuelle Issakidis-Bourguet

Characterization of Plastidial Thioredoxins from Arabidopsis Belonging to the New y-Type
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4088-4095. First Published on November 5, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Aurel Schöttler, Helmut Kirchhoff, and Engelbert Weis

The Role of Plastocyanin in the Adjustment of the Photosynthetic Electron Transport to the Carbon Metabolism in Tobacco
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4265-4274. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOLOGY AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:

Yu-Ling Chen, Rongfeng Huang, Yu-Mei Xiao, Pin Lü, Jia Chen, and Xue-Chen Wang

Extracellular Calmodulin-Induced Stomatal Closure Is Mediated by Heterotrimeric G Protein and H₂O₂
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4096-4103. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.047837 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Ling Ruan, Shou-Min Xu, Rosemary White, and Robert T. Furbank

Genotypic and Developmental Evidence for the Role of Plasmodesmatal Regulation in Cotton Fiber Elongation Mediated by Callose Turnover
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4104-4113. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.051540 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars L.E. Sjögren, Tara M. MacDonald, Sirkka Sutinen, and Adrian K. Clarke

Inactivation of the clpC1 Gene Encoding a Chloroplast Hsp100 Molecular Chaperone Causes Growth Retardation, Leaf Chlorosis, Lower Photosynthetic Activity, and a Specific Reduction in Photosystem Content
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4114-4126. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.053835 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yixing Wang, Jean-Louis Magnard, Sheila McCormick, and Ming Yang

Progression through Meiosis I and Meiosis II in Arabidopsis Anthers Is Regulated by an A-Type Cyclin Predominately Expressed in Prophase I
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4127-4135. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.051201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergei Sokolovski and Michael R. Blatt

Nitric Oxide Block of Outward-Rectifying K⁺ Channels Indicates Direct Control by Protein Nitrosylation in Guard Cells
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4275-4284. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.050344 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Mamoru Sugita, Takato Imaizumi, Masamitsu Wada, and Setsuyuki Aoki

Differential Expression on a Daily Basis of Plastid Sigma Factor Genes from the Moss Physcomitrella patens. Regulatory Interactions among PpSig5, the Circadian Clock, and Blue Light Signaling Mediated by Cryptochromes
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4285-4298. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.053033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS AND ADAPTATION:

Eugene Diatloff, Michael Roberts, Dale Sanders, and Stephen K. Roberts

Characterization of Anion Channels in the Plasma Membrane of Arabidopsis Epidermal Root Cells and the Identification of a Citrate-Permeable Channel Induced by Phosphate Starvation
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4136-4149. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.046995 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiao Zhang, Hengbin Wang, Atsushi Takemiya, Chun-peng Song, Toshinori Kinoshita, and Ken-ichiro Shimazaki

Inhibition of Blue Light-Dependent H⁺ Pumping by Abscisic Acid through Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Dephosphorylation of the Plasma Membrane H⁺-ATPase in Guard Cell Protoplasts
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4150-4158. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.046573 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fatma Kaplan, Joachim Kopka, Dale W. Haskell, Wei Zhao, K. Cameron Schiller, Nicole Gatzke, Dong Yul Sung, and Charles L. Guy

Exploring the Temperature-Stress Metabolome of Arabidopsis
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4159-4168. First Published on November 19, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.052142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Tuula Puhakainen, Chunyang Li, Maria Boije-Malm, Jaakko Kangasjärvi, Pekka Heino, and E. Tapio Palva

Short-Day Potentiation of Low Temperature-Induced Gene Expression of a C-Repeat-Binding Factor-Controlled Gene during Cold Acclimation in Silver Birch
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4299-4307. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.047258 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

GENETICS, GENOMICS, AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION:

Petra Bauer, Thomas Thiel, Marco Klatte, Zsolt Bereczky, Tzvetina Brumbarova, Rüdiger Hell, and Ivo Grosse

Analysis of Sequence, Map Position, and Gene Expression Reveals Conserved Essential Genes for Iron Uptake in Arabidopsis and Tomato
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4169-4183. First Published on November 5, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.047233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Emma M. Eriksson, Arnaud Bovy, Ken Manning, Liz Harrison, John Andrews, Jacquie De Silva, Gregory A. Tucker, and Graham B. Seymour

Effect of the Colorless non-ripening Mutation on Cell Wall Biochemistry and Gene Expression during Tomato Fruit Development and Ripening
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4184-4197. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.045765 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

WHOLE PLANT AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY:

Thérèse Tercé-Laforgue, Frédéric Dubois, Sylvie Ferrario-Méry, Marie-Anne Pou de Crecenzo, Rajbir Sangwan, and Bertrand Hirel

Glutamate Dehydrogenase of Tobacco Is Mainly Induced in the Cytosol of Phloem Companion Cells When Ammonia Is Provided Either Externally or Released during Photorespiration
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4308-4317. First Published on November 24, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.047548 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT NUTRITION:

Tatsuhiko Kataoka, Naomi Hayashi, Tomoyuki Yamaya, and Hideki Takahashi

Root-to-Shoot Transport of Sulfate in Arabidopsis. Evidence for the Role of SULTR3;5 as a Component of Low-Affinity Sulfate Transport System in the Root Vasculature
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4198-4204. First Published on November 5, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.045625 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petra H.D. Schünmann, Alan E. Richardson, Claudia E. Vickers, and Emmanuel Delhaize

Promoter Analysis of the Barley Pht1;1 Phosphate Transporter Gene Identifies Regions Controlling Root Expression and Responsiveness to Phosphate Deprivation
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4205-4214. First Published on November 12, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.045823 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Meghan L. Hayter and Carol A. Peterson

Can Ca²⁺ Fluxes to the Root Xylem Be Sustained by Ca²⁺-ATPases in Exodermal and Endodermal Plasma Membranes?
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4318-4325. First Published on November 5, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.041889 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliann R. Seebauer, Stephen P. Moose, Bradon J. Fabbri, Lyle D. Crossland, and Frederick E. Below

Amino Acid Metabolism in Maize Earshoots. Implications for Assimilate Preconditioning and Nitrogen Signaling
Plant Physiol. 2004 136: 4326-4334. First Published on November 5, 2004; 10.1104/pp.104.043778 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

CORRECTION
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