ReviewThe Plant cell2025
Lost in translation: What we have learned from attributes that do not translate from Arabidopsis to other plants.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The Promise of Synthetic Biology for Redesigning Plant Architecture.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Virus-induced genome editing enables functional genomics across diverse plant species.Molecules and cells · 2026Review
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- Evolutionary and methodological considerations when interpreting gene presence-absence variation in pangenomes.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2026Review
- Functional Divergence of the Arg/N-Degron Pathway Between the CropPlant direct · 2026Article
- Translating research on seed dormancy and germination from Arabidopsis to temperate cereals to control pre-harvest sprouting.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Rethinking the need for field trials.Nature plants · 2025Article
- In defense of funding foundational plant science.The Plant cell · 2025Article
- Focus on Translational Research from Arabidopsis to Crop Plants and Beyond.The Plant cell · 2025Article
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Abstract
Research in Arabidopsis thaliana has a powerful influence on our understanding of gene functions and pathways. However, not everything translates from Arabidopsis to crops and other plants. Here, a group of experts consider instances where translation has been lost and why such translation is not possible or is challenging. First, despite great efforts, floral dip transformation has not succeeded in other species outside Brassicaceae. Second, due to gene duplications and losses throughout evolution, it can be complex to establish which genes are orthologs of Arabidopsis genes. Third, during evolution Arabidopsis has lost arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Fourth, other plants have evolved specialized cell types that are not present in Arabidopsis. Fifth, similarly, C4 photosynthesis cannot be studied in Arabidopsis, which is a C3 plant. Sixth, many other plant species have larger genomes, which has given rise to innovations in transcriptional regulation that are not present in Arabidopsis. Seventh, phenotypes such as acclimation to water stress can be challenging to translate due to different measurement strategies. And eighth, while the circadian oscillator is conserved, there are important nuances in the roles of circadian regulators in crop plants. A key theme emerging across these vignettes is that even when translation is lost, insights can still be gained through comparison with Arabidopsis.
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