Communication between the root and the shoot forms a central part of the coordinated response of plants to drought. Recent evidence suggests that a K+ channel expressed in the stelar tissue of the root may have a major role in this process.

The organic electronic ion pump (OEIP) provides flow-free and accurate delivery of small signaling compounds at high spatiotemporal resolution. To date, the application of OEIPs has been limited to delivery of nonaromatic molecules to mammalian systems, particularly for neuroscience applications. However, many long-standing questions in plant biology remain unanswered due to a lack of technolog...

Carbonic anhydrase (CA) (EC: 2.4.1.1) catalyzes the rapid conversion of carbon dioxide plus water into a proton and the bicarbonate ion (HCO3) that can be found in prokaryotes and higher organisms; it is represented by four different families. Carbonic anhydrase is a metalloenzyme that requires Zn as a cofactor and is involved in diverse biological processes including pH regulation, CO2 transfe...

Plant physiology is deeply entwined with climate change. On one hand, many plant processes are climate sensitive. Plants are potential victims of climate change, threatened by novel conditions that stress natural ecosystems and tax the creativity of agronomists. On the other, plants are also major regulators of climate. One aspect of this regulation involves the absorption and dissipation of so...

Sucrose transport is essential for the distribution of carbohydrates in plants. Recent studies have shown that a specific transporter protein plays an essential role in loading sucrose into the phloem component of the plant vasculature.

Plant physiology in Austria took a powerful upturn after the year 1873, the year in which JULIUS WIESNER brought into existence the first (not only in Austria, but anywhere) plant physiological Institut. It was the period in which this science under the three great stars, WIESNER, SACHS, and PFEFFER made great and decisive strides forward. It is understandable that very soon a host of enthusias...

1 Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory, Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow 127276, Russia. 2 Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia. 3 Department Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576...

Running head: Carbon regulation in Synechocystis 1 2 correspondence should be sent to: 3 4 Martin Hagemann 5 address: Plant Physiology Department, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of 6 Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany 7 phone: +49 (0)381-498-6113 8 email: [email protected] 9 10 Research areas: Biochemistry and Metabolism, Cell Biology, Signal...

Manuscript submitted to Plant Physiology (Update) 1 2 Running Head: Leaf hydraulics and stomatal conductance 3 4 Corresponding author: 5 Fulton E. Rockwell 6 Harvard University 7 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 8 Cambridge, MA 02138. 9 Phone: (617) 496-0603 10 Email: [email protected] 11 12 Research Area: 13 Focus Issue on water: Update on stomata, Ecophysiology and Su...