About this Research Topic
The nuclear envelope (NE) is the hallmark of the eukaryotic cell. It evolved as an essential protective membrane system and an organizing platform for chromatin. Proteins selectively accumulate at the NE to mediate vital nuclear functions, including genome organization, regulation of gene expression, and nuclear cargo transport. Emerging evidence suggests that the NE is also a critical communication interface that translates information from the cell periphery into nuclear activity. NE proteins are capable of transmitting versatile signals and some are directly involved in the initiation of key cellular responses, such as immune activation, calcium transport, nuclear movement, mitosis, and gene silencing. Mutations in NE constituents are associated with a myriad of disorders that affect vital plant functions and development, the list of which is ever-expanding.
Mounting evidence suggests that the NE is a key structural and signaling platform in critical aspects of plant physiology and cell biology. The last few years have seen significant advances in understanding the composition and functions of the plant NE. These studies uncovered a range of novel plant NE components and their importance in diverse cellular and developmental processes, providing new insights into conserved eukaryotic NE functions as well as NE-associated molecular mechanisms unique to plants. This makes the proposed topic a highly timely and relevant platform to assemble and highlight new insights gained, which will be significantly informative to the wider plant cell biology community.
This Frontiers in Research Topic aims to provide a platform for covering promising, recent, and novel research trends in plant NE biology. We welcome the submission of Original Research Articles, Reviews, Mini-review, Perspectives, and Methods related to, but not limited to, the following topics:
• Cellular and functional analyses of plant nuclear envelope constituents
• Plant nucleoskeleton and functional connection with NE components
• Chromatin dynamics and spatial organization at the nuclear periphery and its functions
• Distinct features of the plant nuclear pore complex and regulation of nucleocytoplasmic exchange
• Association of the nuclear envelope in mechanical, stress, hormonal and symbiotic signaling
• Regulation of NE dynamics in response to developmental and environmental cues
• Advanced proteomics in plant nuclear envelope profiling
Mounting evidence suggests that the NE is a key structural and signaling platform in critical aspects of plant physiology and cell biology. The last few years have seen significant advances in understanding the composition and functions of the plant NE. These studies uncovered a range of novel plant NE components and their importance in diverse cellular and developmental processes, providing new insights into conserved eukaryotic NE functions as well as NE-associated molecular mechanisms unique to plants. This makes the proposed topic a highly timely and relevant platform to assemble and highlight new insights gained, which will be significantly informative to the wider plant cell biology community.
This Frontiers in Research Topic aims to provide a platform for covering promising, recent, and novel research trends in plant NE biology. We welcome the submission of Original Research Articles, Reviews, Mini-review, Perspectives, and Methods related to, but not limited to, the following topics:
• Cellular and functional analyses of plant nuclear envelope constituents
• Plant nucleoskeleton and functional connection with NE components
• Chromatin dynamics and spatial organization at the nuclear periphery and its functions
• Distinct features of the plant nuclear pore complex and regulation of nucleocytoplasmic exchange
• Association of the nuclear envelope in mechanical, stress, hormonal and symbiotic signaling
• Regulation of NE dynamics in response to developmental and environmental cues
• Advanced proteomics in plant nuclear envelope profiling
Keywords: Nuclear envelope, Nucleoskeleton, Chromatin dynamics, Nuclear pore, NE dynamics, Symbiotic signaling
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