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Why Thrips Might Be the Unknown Heroes of Pollination

Thrips, tiny insects often seen as pests, play a key role in pollinating many plants, according to research in @annbot.bsky.social

botany.one/2025/05/why-...

Read the paper at academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
A thrip walks over the surface of a petal.
May 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
steffenostendorp.bsky.social
It is finally out. A beautiful collaboration with amazing results is now finally readable for everyone. Congrats to all authors. @molplant.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Studies on the Japanese soil-borne wheat mosaic virus movement protein highlight its ability to bind plant RNA - Virology Journal
Background Plant viral movement protein (MP) function is decisive for virus cell-to-cell movement. Often, MPs also induce membrane alterations, which are believed to play a role for the establishment ...
virologyj.biomedcentral.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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fritz-kragler.bsky.social
If you would like to understand how difficult it is to annotate mobile mRNAs using SNPS read this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Consider important suggestions/controls: homografts & heterografts, use barcoded reads, minimise RT-PCRs, have a reliable annotated/high quality genome sequence .. etc
Re-analysis of mobile mRNA datasets raises questions about the extent of long-distance mRNA communication - Nature Plants
This study reveals that a substantial number of transcripts that are currently annotated as graft-mobile lack statistical support from available RNA-seq data.
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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natplants.nature.com
New OA Letter: "Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/eiJVL

...engineered the tobacco rattle virus to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ISYmu1 and guide RNA for transgene-free germline editing.
April 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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science.org
A surprising discovery in the world’s most studied plant can make seeds bigger.

Learn more: scim.ag/44oVRNW
April 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
steffenostendorp.bsky.social
That is a huuuge deal! That might change the view on what a mobile RNA is. Congrats to the authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@uni-hamburg.de @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Re-analysis of mobile mRNA datasets raises questions about the extent of long-distance mRNA communication - Nature Plants
This study reveals that a substantial number of transcripts that are currently annotated as graft-mobile lack statistical support from available RNA-seq data.
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
steffenostendorp.bsky.social
❤️ Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization
Cells have evolved mechanisms to distribute ~10 billion protein molecules to subcellular compartments where diverse proteins involved in shared functions must assemble. Here, we demonstrate that prote...
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
steffenostendorp.bsky.social
It finally happened! A wonderful and fruitful collaboration finally led to a marvellous new publication. That was a great journey. You did a great job @zivirus.bsky.social and all others as well ❤️
December 11, 2024 at 6:58 PM