Phloem loading and unloading of sucrose: what a long, strange trip from source to sink

DM Braun - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Sucrose is transported from sources (mature leaves) to sinks (importing tissues such as
roots, stems, fruits, and seeds) through the phloem tissues in veins. In many herbaceous …

Single-cell technologies: From research to application

L Wen, G Li, T Huang, W Geng, H Pei, J Yang, M Zhu… - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
In recent years, more and more single-cell technologies have been developed. A vast
amount of single-cell omics data has been generated by large projects, such as the Human …

The single-cell stereo-seq reveals region-specific cell subtypes and transcriptome profiling in Arabidopsis leaves

K Xia, HX Sun, J Li, J Li, Y Zhao, L Chen, C Qin… - Developmental Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding the complex functions of plant leaves requires a thorough characterization of
discrete cell features. Although single-cell gene expression profiling technologies have …

Distinct identities of leaf phloem cells revealed by single cell transcriptomics

JY Kim, E Symeonidi, TY Pang, T Denyer… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The leaf vasculature plays a key role in solute translocation. Veins consist of at least seven
distinct cell types, with specific roles in transport, metabolism, and signaling. Little is known …

Upcoming progress of transcriptomics studies on plants: An overview

P Tyagi, D Singh, S Mathur, A Singh… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Transcriptome sequencing or RNA-Sequencing is a high-resolution, sensitive and high-
throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) approach used to study non-model plants …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals the developmental trajectory and transcriptional regulatory networks of pigment glands in Gossypium bickii

Y Sun, Y Han, K Sheng, P Yang, Y Cao, H Li, QH Zhu… - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Comprehensive utilization of cottonseeds is limited by the presence of pigment glands and
its inclusion gossypol. The ideal cotton has glandless seeds but a glanded plant, a trait …

Single-cell and spatial multi-omics in the plant sciences: Technical advances, applications, and perspectives

X Yu, Z Liu, X Sun - Plant communications, 2023 - cell.com
Plants contain a large number of cell types and exhibit complex regulatory mechanisms.
Studies at the single-cell level have gradually become more common in plant science …

Contributions of sugar transporters to crop yield and fruit quality

S Wen, HE Neuhaus, J Cheng… - Journal of experimental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The flux, distribution, and storage of soluble sugars regulate crop yield in terms of starch, oil,
protein, and total carbohydrates, and affect the quality of many horticultural products. Sugar …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a hierarchical transcriptional regulatory network of terpenoid biosynthesis in cotton secretory glandular cells

JL Lin, L Chen, WK Wu, XX Guo, CH Yu, M Xu, GB Nie… - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Plants can synthesize a wide range of terpenoids in response to various environmental
cues. However, the specific regulatory mechanisms governing terpenoid biosynthesis at the …

Opportunities and challenges in the application of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics in plants

C Chen, Y Ge, L Lu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics have diverted researchers' attention from the
multicellular level to the single-cell level and spatial information. Single-cell transcriptomes …