Focus Issue: Plant Communication

Nancy R. Gough^*

Managing Editor of Science's STKE, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.

Abstract: This week’s issues of Science and Science’s STKE focus on plant signaling with an emphasis on volatile organic compounds. Science emphasizes the chemistry of and information encoded by plant volatiles and how plants, plant pathogens, or humans utilize this aromatic information. Articles and resources at STKE highlight the evolution of olfactory signal transduction, describe the biosynthetic and signaling pathways of the plant hormone jasmonate, and provide an animated overview of how the plant hormone auxin regulates gene expression.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: ngough{at}aaas.org

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In Science Signaling

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Plant Biology
Plant Defenses

Pamela J. Hines (13 December 2011)
Sci. Signal. 4 (203), ec347. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.4203ec347]
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Plant Biology
Jasmonate Biochemical Pathway

Aurélie Gfeller, Lucie Dubugnon, Robin Liechti, and Edward E. Farmer (16 February 2010)
Sci. Signal. 3 (109), cm3. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.3109cm3]
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Plant Biology
Arabidopsis Jasmonate Signaling Pathway

Aurélie Gfeller, Robin Liechti, and Edward E. Farmer (16 February 2010)
Sci. Signal. 3 (109), cm4. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.3109cm4]
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PERSPECTIVES
Plant Biology
The Quest for Long-Distance Signals in Plant Systemic Immunity

Jane E. Parker (12 May 2009)
Sci. Signal. 2 (70), pe31. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.270pe31]
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EDITORS' CHOICE
Plant Science
Sweet Smell of Communication

Pamela J. Hines (3 October 2006)
Sci. STKE 2006 (355), tw342. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.3552006tw342]
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In Science Magazine

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL ISSUE
The Invisible Bouquet

Pamela J. Hines (10 February 2006)
Science 311 (5762), 803. [DOI: 10.1126/science.311.5762.803]
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