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Frontiers in Plant Science is pleased to announce a number of exciting new articles:
Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology
Published on 6 June 2013
Effect of lead on root growth
Mouna Fahr, Laurent Laplaze, Najib Bendaou, Valerie Hocher, Mohamed El Mzibri, Didier Bogusz, and Abdelaziz Smouni
Published on 11 June 2013
Root traits for infertile soils
Philip J. White, Timothy S. George, Lionel X. Dupuy, Alison J. Karley, Tracy A. Valentine, Lea Wiesel, and Jane Wishart
Published on 12 June 2013
Aluminum exclusion and aluminum tolerance in woody plants
Ivano Brunner and Christoph Sperisen
Frontiers in Plant Biotechnology
Published on 27 May 2013
Efficient selection and evaluation of transgenic lines of Crambe abyssinica
Xueyuan Li, Jing Fan, Jens Gruber, Rui Guan, Margrit Frentzen, and Li-Hua Zhu
Published on 3 June 2013
Towards a carbon-negative sustainable bio-based economy
Bartel Vanholme, Tom Desmet, Frederik Ronsse, Korneel Rabaey, Frank Van Breusegem, Marjan De Mey, Wim Soetaert, and Wout Boerjan
Published on 7 June 2013
Discovery of diversity in xylan biosynthetic genes by transcriptional profiling of a heteroxylan containing mucilaginous tissue
Jacob K. Jensen, Nathan Johnson, and Curtis G. Wilkerson
Published on 11 June 2013
Identification of novel transcription factors regulating secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis
Hua Cassan-Wang, Nadia Goué, Mohammed N. Saidi, Sylvain Legay, Pierre Sivadon, Deborah Goffner, and Jacqueline Grima-Pettenati
Frontiers in Plant Cell Biology
Published on 24 May 2013
Disease resistance or growth: the role of plant hormones in balancing immune responses and fitness costs
Nicolas Denancé, Andrea Sánchez-Vallet, Deborah Goffner, and Antonio Molina
Frontiers in Plant Evolution and Development
Published on 3 June 2013
Adaptation to seasonality and the winter freeze
Jill C. Preston and Simen R. Sandve
Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics
Published on 30 May 2013
The Brassica genome
Xiaowu Wang and Michael Freeling
Published on 5 June 2013
Gene divergence of homeologous regions associated with a major seed protein content QTL in soybean
Puji Lestari, Kyujung Van, Jayern Lee, Yang Jae Kang, and Suk-Ha Lee
Frontiers in Plant Nutrition
Published on 31 May 2013
Searching iron sensors in plants by exploring the link among 2'-OG-dependent dioxygenases, the iron deficiency response and metabolic adjustments occurring under iron deficiency
Gianpiero Vigani, Piero Morandini, and Irene Murgia
Published on 3 June 2013
A Digital Compendium of Genes Mediating the Reversible Phosphorylation of Proteins in Fe-Deficient Arabidopsis Roots
Ping Lan, Wenfeng Li, and Wolfgang Schmidt
Published on 3 June 2013
Using µPIXE for quantitative mapping of metal concentration in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds
Magali Schnell Ramos, Hicham Khodja, Viviane Mary, and Sébastien Thomine
Frontiers in Plant Physiology
Published on 24 May 2013
Viral and Cellular Factors Involved in Phloem Transport of Plant Viruses
Clémence Hipper, Véronique Brault, Véronique Ziegler-Graff, and Frédéric Revers
Published on 27 May 2013
Complexities and protein complexes in the antimycin A-sensitive pathway of cyclic electron flow in plants
Dario Leister and Toshiharu Shikanai
Frontiers in Plant Physiology (Continued)
Published on 27 May 2013
Iron Biofortification of Myanmar Rice
May Sann Aung, Hiroshi Masuda, Takanori Kobayashi, Hiromi Nakanishi, Takashi Yamakawa, and Naoko K. Nishizawa
Published on 27 May 2013
Disruption of a rice gene for a-glucan water dikinase, OsGWD1, leads to hyperaccumulation of starch in leaves but exhibits limited effects on growth
Tatsuro Hirose, Naohiro Aoki, Yusuke Harada, Masaki Okamura, Yoichi Hashida, Ryu Ohsugi, Miyao Akio, Hirohiko Hirochika, and Tomio Terao
Published on 29 May 2013
Examining strategies to facilitate vitamin B1 biofortification of plants by genetic engineering
Lucille Pourcel, Michael Moulin, and Teresa B. Fitzpatrick
Published on 29 May 2013
Nicotianamine synthase overexpression positively modulates iron homeostasis-related genes in high iron rice
Meng Wang, Wilhelm Gruissem, and Navreet K. Bhullar
Published on 29 May 2013
The Plant-Specific Dof Transcription Factors Family: New Players Involved in Vascular System Development and Functioning in Arabidopsis
Rozenn Le Hir and Catherine Bellini
Published on 30 May 2013
Regulation of cell division and expansion by sugar and auxin signaling
Lu Wang and Yong-Ling Ruan
Published on 4 June 2013
Recovery from stolbur disease in grapevine involves changes in sugar transport and metabolism
Simonetta Santi, Federica De Marco, Rachele Polizzotto, Simone Grisan, and Rita Musetti
Published on 4 June 2013
Reactive oxygen species mediate growth and death in submerged plants
Bianka Steffens, Anja Steffen-Heins, and Margret Sauter
Published on 4 June 2013
Regulation of assimilate import into sink organs: update on molecular drivers of sink strength
Saadia Bihmidine, Charles T. Hunter, Christine E. Johns, Karen E. Koch, and David M. Braun
Published on 6 June 2013
Gomphrena claussenii, the first South-American metallophyte species with indicator-like Zn and Cd accumulation and extreme metal tolerance
Mina T. Villafort Carvalho, Douglas C. Amaral, Luiz R. G. Guilherme, and Mark G. M. Aarts
Published on 11 June 2013
Role of the phloem in the biochemistry and ecophysiology of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid metabolism
Eun-Jeong Lee, Jillian M. Hagel, and Peter J. Facchini
Published on 11 June 2013
The extrafascicular phloem is made for fighting
Frank Gaupels and Andrea Ghirardo
Frontiers in Plant Proteomics
Published on 29 May 2013
Progress toward the tomato fruit cell wall proteome
Eliel Ruiz-May and Jocelyn K. C. Rose
Published on 4 June 2013
3D Gel Map of Arabidopsis Complex I
Katrin Peters, Katharina Belt, and Hans-Peter Braun
Frontiers in Plant-Microbe Interaction
Published on 30 May 2013
The rhizosphere revisited: root microbiomics
Peter A. H. M. Bakker, Roeland L. Berendsen, Rogier F. Doornbos, Paul C. A. Wintermans, and Corné M. J. Pieterse
Published on 3 June 2013
Overexpression of a citrus NDR1 ortholog increases disease resistance in Arabidopsis
Hua Lu, Chong Zhang, Ute Albrecht, Rena Shimizu, Guanfeng Wang, and Kim D. Bowman
Published on 11 June 2013
Pathogenicity of and plant immunity to soft rot pectobacteria
Pär R. Davidsson, Tarja Kariola, Outi Niemi, and E. T. Palva
Published on 11 June 2013
Where do herbivore-induced plant volatiles go?
Jarmo K. Holopainen and James D. Blande
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