Christopher D. Rock

TL;DR: To better understand drought stress signaling and adaptation in cotton fiber development, Arabidopsis transcription factors RELATED_TO_ABA-INSENSITIVE3/VIVIPAROUS1/(RAV1) and AtRAV2 are expressed, which encode APETALA2-Basic3 domain proteins shown to repress transcription of FLOWERING_LOCUS_T (FT) and to promote stomatal opening cell-autonomously.

TL;DR: The dynamics observed between miRNAs and targets suggest that changes in target abundance are mediated transcriptionally and, in some cases, modulated post-transcriptionally by mi RNAs.

TL;DR: It is shown that calcium is required for ABA-inducible Em-GUS expression and can act in synergy with ABA, and the trivalent ions lanthanum, gadolinium, and aluminum, which are known to interact with calcium- and other signaling pathways, can act at sub-millimolar concentrations to increase GUS reporter gene expression driven by several promoters in transiently transformed rice protoplasts.

TL;DR: Flow cytometry and immunoblotting data suggest that JIM19 interacts with a functional PM complex involved in ABA signalling, which is antagonized significantly by ABA, but not by the biologically inactive ABA catabolite phaseic acid.

TL;DR: The association of transposable element (TE)-derived miRNAs with typical miRNA pathways (DCL1/4- and AGO1-dependent) using publicly available deep sequencing datasets are investigated, consistent with the hypothesis that TEs can serve as a driving force for the evolution of some MIRNAs.