A special issue on “Plant Molecular Biology”

Double-stranded DNA breaks and gene functions in recombination and meiosis
Wuxing Li, Hong Ma

Ubiquitination-mediated protein degradation and modification: an emerging theme in plant-microbe interactions
Li-Rong Zeng, Miguel E Vega-Sánchez, Tong Zhu, Guo-Liang Wang

The brassinosteroid signal transduction pathway
Zhi-Yong Wang,Qiaomei Wang, Kang Chong, Fengru Wang, Lei Wang, Mingyi Bai, Chengguo Jia

A RHOse by any other name: a comparative analysis of animal and plant Rho GTPases
Tore Brembu, Per Winge, Atle Magnar Bones, Zhenbiao Yang

BUD2, encoding an S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, is required for Arabidopsis growth and development
Chunmin Ge, Xia Cui, Yonghong Wang, Yuxin Hu, Zhiming Fu, Dongfen Zhang, Zhukuan Cheng, Jiayang Li

Plant fertility defects induced by the enhanced expression of microRNA167
Peng Ru, Lin Xu, Hong Ma, Hai Huang

MORN motifs in plant PIPKs are involved in the regulation of subcellular localization and phospholipid binding
Hui Ma, Ying Lou, Wen Hui Lin, Hong Wei Xue

Arabidopsis thaliana histone deacetylase 1 (AtHD1) is localized in euchromatic regions and demonstrates histone deacetylase activity in vitro
Paulus M Fong, Lu Tian, Z Jeffrey Chen

Wrinkled petals and stamens 1, is required for the morphogenesis of petals and stamens in Lotus japonicus
Jiang Hua Chen, Ji Liang Pang, Li Lin Wang, Yong Hai Luo, Xin Li, Xiang Ling Cao, Kui Lin, Wei Ma, Xiao He Hu, Da Luo

Duplication and expression analysis of multicopy miRNA gene family members in Arabidopsis and rice
Danhua Jiang, Changsong Yin, Aiping Yu, Xiaofan Zhou, Wanqi Liang, Zheng Yuan, Yun Xu, Qingbo Yu, Tieqiao Wen, Dabing Zhang

Development of rabbit monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for detection of site-specific histone modifications and their application in analyzing overall modification levels
Lan Guo, Benliang Yin, Junli Zhou, Xueyong Li, Xing Wang Deng