Celebrating Plant Cells： A Special Issue on Plant Cell Biology

A special issue on plant cell biology is long overdue for JIPB! In the last two decades or so, the plant biology community has been thrilled by explosive discoveries regarding the molecular and genetic basis of plant growth, development, and responses to the environment, largely owing to recent maturation of model systems like Arabidopsis thaliana and the rice Oryza sativa, as well as the rapid development of high throughput technologies associated with qenomics and proteomics.     

A special issue on ＂Plant Molecular Biology＂

The use of molecular biology and genomics tools in plant biology research has greatly expanded our understandingof the molecular mechanisms that underlie plant development and physiology.The successful establishment of researchresources such as mutant populations has led to progress in a variety of fields,including plant reproductive develop-ment,signal transduction,hormone functions,defense responses and epigenetic control.In the future these advanceswill potentially facilitate crop improvement through molecular breeding.     

欢迎订阅2005年的Journal of Integrative Plant Biology(中文刊名:《植物学报》)

《植物学报》由中国科学院植物研究所和中国植物学会主办 ,是植物学综合性学术期刊。多年来一直被国内 2 0多个数据库和文摘期刊收录 ,是中国科技信息研究所中国科技论文统计与分析数据库和中国科学院文献情报中心中国科学引文数据库的来源期刊。多次荣获全国、中国科学院及中国科协优秀科技期刊奖。被引频次和影响因子在我国生物类期刊中名列前茅。目前在国外发行和与国外交换的国家和地区达 4 0多个。被国外 4 0多个英文文摘期刊收录 ,1998年进入美国科学信息研究所 (ISI)数据库 Scisearch,是 Biosis(生命科学文献数据库 )收集数据最多…     

《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》General Table of Contents Vol. 59 2017

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《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》General Table of Contents Vol. 57 2015

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Introduction: Plant–herbivore interactions

This special feature resulted from a symposium entitled "Interactions Between Plants and Their Herbivores," held during the Meeting of the Society of Population Ecology in Ohmi-Shirahama, Shiga, Japan, in October 1999 (Chairperson of Symposium: Professor Emeritus E. Kuno of Kyoto University). This theme emerged from discussions by the organizing committee for this symposium: N. Yamamura, J. Takabayashi, T. Nishida, and N. Ohsaki. Professor Mark D. Rausher of Duke University was invited as a special lecturer. In this series of reports, five of the seven participants illustrate the variation found in plant–herbivore interactions and address some problems inherent in current theory.     

Control of Directional Macromolecular Trafficking Across Specific Cellular Boundaries： A Key to Integrative Plant Biology

There is now solid evidence that cell-to-cell trafficking of certain proteins and RNAs plays a critical role in trans-cellular regulation of gene expression to coordinate cellular differentiation and development. Such trafficking also is critical for viral infection and plant defense. The mechanisms of trafficking remain poorly understood. Although some proteins may move between cells by diffusion, many proteins and RNAs move in a highly regulated fashion. Regulation is likely achieved through interactions between distinct protein or RNA motifs and cellular factors. Some motifs and factors have been identified. One of the major focuses for future studies is to identify all motifs and their cognate factors and further elucidate their roles in trafficking between specific cells. With increasing information from such studies, we should be able to develop an understanding of the mechanisms that regulate trafficking of various proteins and RNAs across all and specific cellular boundaries. On the basis of such mechanistic knowledge, we can further investigate how the trafficking machinery has evolved to regulate developmental and physiological processes in a plant, how pathogens have co-evolved to use this machinery for systemic spread in a plant, and how plants use this machinery for counterdefense.     

Philosophy of Biology: Naturalistic or Transcendental?

The aim of this article is to clarify the meaning of a naturalistic position within philosophy of biology, against the background of an alternative view, founded on the basic insights of transcendental philosophy. It is argued that the apparently minimal and neutral constraints naturalism imposes on philosophy of science turn out to involve a quite heavily constraining metaphysics, due to the naturalism's fundamental neglect of its own perspective. Because of its intrinsic sensitivity to perspectivity and historicity, transcendental philosophy can avoid this type of hidden metaphysics.     

The Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plant 1,3-β-D-Glucanases and 1,3;1,4-β-D-Glucanases

This review covers the physiology and molecular biology of the plant β-glucanases possessing either endo-1,3-β-D-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.39) or endo-1,3;1,4-β-D-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.73) activity. These β-glucanases are structurally related enzymes that are believed to be involved in many important aspects of plant physiology and development, such as germination, growth, defense against pathogens, flowering, cellular and tissue development and differentiation, and probably other roles. They also are regulated by numerous plant hormones, biotic and abiotic elicitors and stresses, and they exhibit complex tissue- and developmental-specific gene expression.