Plant genomics

Special Issue:
Arabidopsis: A rich harvest 10 years after completion
of the genome sequence.
The year 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of the fully assembled Arabidopsis nuclear genome DNA sequence and on this occasion, we at The Plant Journal wish to offer an opportunity to look back and highlight some of the numerous accomplishments in plant science, and beyond, that the availability of the first plant nuclear genome DNA sequence has spawned.

We would like to thank all of those who have contributed to achieving the highest possible scientific standard for the articles in this Special Issue and hope you, our Readers, enjoy it.

Peter McCourt and Christoph Benning

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Editorial
Arabidopsis: A rich harvest 10 years after completion of the genome sequence
Peter McCourt, Christoph Benning

Original Articles
The development of Arabidopsis as a model plant
Maarten Koornneef, David Meinke

Shotguns and SNPs: how fast and cheap sequencing is revolutionizing plant biology
Steven D. Rounsley, Robert L. Last

Linking genotype to phenotype using the Arabidopsis unimutant collection
Ronan C. O'Malley, Joseph R. Ecker

Small RNAs – secrets and surprises of the genome
Xuemei Chen

Embryogenesis – the humble beginnings of plant life
Ive De Smet, Steffen Lau, Ulrike Mayer, Gerd Jürgens

Arabidopsis seed secrets unravelled after a decade of genetic and omics-driven research
Helen North, Sébastien Baud, Isabelle Debeaujon, Christian Dubos, Bertrand Dubreucq, Philippe Grappin, Marc Jullien, Loïc Lepiniec, Annie Marion-Poll, Martine Miquel, Loïc Rajjou, Jean-Marc Routaboul, Michel Caboche

Light signal transduction: an infinite spectrum of possibilities
Joanne Chory

Getting to the root of plant biology: impact of the Arabidopsis genome sequence on root research
Philip N. Benfey, Malcolm Bennett, John Schiefelbein

Seasonal and developmental timing of flowering
Richard Amasino

The flowering of Arabidopsis flower development
Vivian F. Irish

The ubiquitin-proteasome system regulates plant hormone signaling
Aaron Santner, Mark Estelle

Research on plant abiotic stress responses in the post-genome era: past, present and future
Takashi Hirayama, Kazuo Shinozaki

Arabidopsis and the plant immune system
Marc T. Nishimura, Jeffery L. Dangl

Arabidopsis and primary photosynthetic metabolism – more than the icing on the cake
Mark Stitt, John Lunn, Björn Usadel

Lipid biochemists salute the genome
James G. Wallis, John Browse

Arabidopsis – a powerful model system for plant cell wall research
Aaron H. Liepman, Raymond Wightman, Naomi Geshi, Simon R. Turner, Henrik Vibe Scheller

Special Issue Podcast The Special Issue is also accompanied by a podcast – a conversation between Christoph Benning, Co-Editor of this Special Issue and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University in East Lansing Michigan , Caroline Dean, Project Leader at the John Innes Centre in Norwich in England, Elliot Meyerowitz, George W. Beadle Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, and Chris Somerville, Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute in Berkeley, California.