Pollen-pistil interactions serve as important prezygotic reproductive barriers that play a
critical role in mate selection in plants. Here, we highlight recent progress toward …

Protein N-glycosylation is one of the major post-translational modifications in eukaryotic
cells. In lower unicellular eukaryotes, the known functions of N-glycans are predominantly in …

The communication of changes in the extracellular matrix to the interior of the cell is crucial
for a cell's function. The extracellular peptides of the RAPID ALKALINIZATION FACTOR …

Animal fertilization relies on hundreds of sperm racing toward the egg, whereas, in
angiosperms, only two sperm cells are delivered by a pollen tube to the female gametes …

How barriers to gene flow arise and are maintained are key questions in evolutionary
biology. Speciation research has mainly focused on barriers that occur either before mating …

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the site of maturation for roughly one-third of all cellular
proteins. ER-resident molecular chaperones and folding catalysts promote folding and …

Camellia oil extracted from the seeds of Camellia oleifera Abel. is a popular and high-quality
edible oil, but its yield is limited by seed setting, which is mainly caused by self …

Since the first description of double fertilization 120 years ago, the processes of pollen tube
growth and guidance, sperm cell release inside the receptive synergid cell, as well as fusion …

Self-incompatibility (SI) is one of the main reasons leading to the low fruit set of Camellia
oleifera and limiting the yield of Camellia oil. It is important to uncover the molecular …

The oligosaccharyltransferase (OT) complex catalyzes N‐glycosylation of nascent secretory
polypeptides in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum. Despite their importance, little is …