Ju, Y., Guo, L., Cai, Q., Ma, F., Zhu, Q.-Y., Zhang, Q. and Sodmergen, S. (2016). Arabidopsis JINGUBANG is a Negative Regulator of Pollen Germination that Prevents Pollination in Moist Environments. The Plant Cell.

 Lockhart, J.A. (2016). In Brief Counting Carbs: Tracking Fluctuations in Starch-derived Metabolite Levels Uncovers Their Crucial Roles in Osmotic Stress Tolerance. The Plant Cell. 

Nagano, M., Ishikawa, T., Fujiwara, M., Fukao, Y., Kawano, Y., Kawai-Yamada, M. and Shimamoto, K. (2016). Plasma Membrane Microdomains are Essential for Rac1-RbohB/H-Mediated Immunity in Rice. The Plant Cell.

Carvalho, R.F., Szakonyi, D., Simpson, C.G., Barbosa, I.C.R., Brown, J.W.S., Baena-González, E. and Duque, P. (2016). The Arabidopsis SR45 Splicing Factor, a Negative Regulator of Sugar Signaling, Modulates SNF1-Related Protein Kinase 1 (SnRK1) Stability. The Plant Cell.

Recently, we’ve been profiling first authors of Plant Cell papers that are selected for In Brief summaries. Here are the first-author profiles from the July issue of The Plant Cell.

Tang, N., Ma, S., Zong, W., Yang, N., Lv, Y., Yan, C., Guo, Z., Li, J., Li, X., Xiang, Y., Song, H., Xiao, J., Li, X. and Xiong, L. (2016). MODD mediates deactivation and degradation of OsbZIP46 to negatively regulate ABA signaling and drought resistance in rice. The Plant Cell.

Mach, J. (2016). In Brief: Examination of protein complexes gets SiMPull. The Plant Cell.

Hatorangan, M.R., Laenen, B., Steige, K., Slotte, T. and Köhler, C. (2016). Rapid Evolution of Genomic Imprinting in Two Species of the Brassicaceae. The Plant Cell.

He, Y., Wang, C., Higgins, J., Yu, J., Zong, J., Lu, P., Zhang, D. and Liang, W. (2016). MEIOTIC F-BOX Is Essential for Male Meiotic DNA Double Strand Break Repair in Rice. The Plant Cell.

Thalmann, M.R., Pazmino, D., Seung, D., Horrer, D., Nigro, A., Meier, T., Kölling, K., Pfeifhofer, H.W., Zeeman, S.C. and Santelia, D. (2016). Regulation of leaf starch degradation by abscisic acid is important for osmotic stress tolerance in plants. The Plant Cell.