About the Cover
Over the past ten years, THE PLANT CELL has published some of the most exciting research in plant cell biology, with advances in our understanding of cell and organelle division, cell signaling, protein trafficking, the secretory system, and molecular transport all appearing on the journalšs pages. This special issue comprises 18 invited reviews that detail important recent advances in areas of plant cell biology in which particularly rapid progress is expected in the future. Distinct aspects of plant cell division are described in reviews by Mironov et al. (pages 509-521) and Franklin and Cande (pages 523-534), with the latter review focusing on chromosome dynamics. This topic is illuminated on the cover, which shows fluorescent in situ hybridization of an early meiotic prophase maize nucleus. The clustering of telomeres (green) at the nuclear envelope, along with the dispersal of centromeres (purple) on the chromosomes (counterstained with DAPI [red]), reflects fundamental mechanisms underlying chromosome segregation. The green spherical structure is the nucleolus, to which the telomere probe binds nonspecifically at low levels. The cover is thus representative of this special issue in that it depicts molecular analyses that inform our understanding of cellular and organellar function in plants. Image courtesy of Peter Carlton.
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