期刊名称：PLANT CELL
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Plant Cell
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Founded in 1989, The Plant Cell publishes papers that report exciting, cutting-edge research in plant genomic, cellular, molecular, and developmental biology. Within 3 years of its initial publication, The Plant Cell ranked first in impact factor among journals publishing primary research in the plant sciences. The journal's special issues, each of which focuses on a specific area of plant biology, are highly regarded and widely disseminated reference and teaching tools. The front-section articles (In This Issue, Letters to the Editor, Insights, Meeting Reports) that are published in each month's issue appeal to a broad audience and encourage dialog among readers. |
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With its publication of top-quality science and an editorial board of highly respected plant scientists from around the globe, The Plant Cell appeals to biologists worldwide. The journal's standards of excellence and consistently high impact factors make it one of the most important plant science journals today.
Instructions to Authors
The Plant Cell publishes novel research of special significance in plant biology, especially in the areas of cellular biology, molecular biology, genetics, development, and evolution. The primary criterion for publication is new insight that is of broad interest to plant biologists, not only specialists, and the presentation of results must be appropriate for a wide audience of plant biologists.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
Submission of a manuscript to The Plant Cell implies that it has not been submitted for publication elsewhere and that it contains unpublished, new information. Closely related papers that are in press or have been submitted elsewhere should be cited in the submitted manuscript and should be uploaded as supplemental files in the Bench>Press manuscript submission system.
Authors should submit manuscripts online at http://submit.plantcell.org/. The Bench>Press submission system will prompt authors through the process. Help is also available from http://submit.plantcell.org/submission/submissionhelp and from Annette Kessler in the ASPB manuscript tracking office (301/251-0560, ext. 120; akessler@aspb.org). Online submission will ensure rapid handling of your paper. For peer review, word processing files are preferred and will be converted to a PDF. Alternatively, authors may create and submit their own PDF which will not be subjected to any conversion. Although there are no file size limitations, note that large files will take longer to upload and convert to PDF depending on the Internet connection. Please try to keep the maximum combined PDF file size to under 5 MB. If you are not satisfied with the final conversion results when the submission is proofed, the complete manuscript can be reloaded as a PDF file. Note that Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts must be imbedded in a PDF document file when submitted, otherwise the editorial office will not be able to view the submitted manuscript.
A cover letter must be submitted along with the manuscript. Closely related papers that are in press or have been submitted elsewhere should be cited in the submitted manuscript and uploaded as supplemental files. The Bench>Press submission system will prompt you to suggest reviewers for the manuscript and/or individuals to whom the paper should not be sent because of possible conflict of interest. Authors may list up to three exclusions and must give reasons for their request(s). Selection of reviewers is at the discretion of the coeditor.
If an author does not have access to the Internet, manuscripts may be submitted on disk. Please send to Beth D. Staehle, Managing Editor, The Plant Cell, American Society of Plant Biologists, 15501 Monona Drive Rockville, MD 20855-2768 USA. Address all questions about the status of submitted manuscripts to Annette Kessler, Manuscript Manager, at 301/251-0560, ext. 120; E-mail: akessler@aspb.org.
When submitting a manuscript on disk, authors must follow the guidelines for text file and digital figure preparation. Submit one original manuscript (printed from the disk), including original figures, and a disk containing an electronic version of the cover letter, manuscript, and figures. Label the disk with the corresponding author's name, manuscript title, operating system and version, and software program and version number. Microsoft Word files are preferred and will expedite production, but other common word processing programs can be accommodated. Authors preparing disks on Macintosh computers must not use the Fast Save option because formatting is deleted when converted. Please do not submit ASCII files or files created on desktop publishing or proprietary typesetting systems.
Tabular material as well as text should be included on the disk. For the reference list, please remove all codes inserted by autonumbering or database linkages. DO NOT INCLUDE MORE THAN ONE VERSION OF A MANUSCRIPT ON A DISK. Do not submit text and images on the same disk.
Manuscripts submitted on disk will be entered into the online submission and tracking system by ASPB staff.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION
Manuscripts should follow The Plant Cell style and be written in concise and grammatically correct English. Poorly written papers will be returned to the authors without further review. Consult a current issue of The Plant Cell for guidance on format, organization, and preparation of figures, legends, tables, and references.
In general, there are no limits to the length of manuscripts published in The Plant Cell; however, papers of more than 10 journal pages will be published only if the coeditor judges that the content is sufficiently novel to warrant a long paper. Ten published pages in The Plant Cell correspond to approximately 30 manuscript pages, including tables and figure legends and an average of six one-column figures.
Original manuscripts must be prepared using a standard word processing program (preferably Word) and should be prepared in 12 point type using one of the following fonts: Times Roman, Courier, Helvetica, or Arial. Figures should be digitally prepared (see below).
Organize manuscripts in the following order: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, Methods, Acknowledgments, Figure Legends, Tables, and References. Note that when submitting your manuscript the References must be placed at the end of your document file. For review purposes, tables can be submitted within the body of the text file, but it is recommended that they be uploaded as separate files preceding the figure files; tables will be appended to the PDF (between the references and figures) in the order in which they were uploaded. The Title Page should include the authors' full names and affiliations, a running title of 40 characters or less, and the telephone and fax numbers and E-mail address of the corresponding author. The Abstract should stand on its own with no reference to the text. It should contain approximately 150 words and must summarize the questions being addressed, the approach taken, the major findings, and the significance of the results. Results and Discussion can be subdivided further if subheadings give the manuscript more clarity. Refer to organisms in the text by their common names unless scientific names are necessary to avoid ambiguity. Scientific names of organisms used in a study should be given in Methods. Statements of priority or first finding are not permitted in The Plant Cell.
Methods
Methods must be described completely enough that other laboratories can replicate results and verify claims. Generally, standard procedures should be referenced, though significant variations should be described. All novel materials and the procedures to prepare them should be described in sufficient detail to allow their reproduction (e.g., DNA constructs, genetic stocks, enzyme preparations, and analytical software). Appropriate experimental design and statistical methods should be applied and described wherever necessary for proper interpretation of data and verification of claims.
Accession numbers should be provided in the Methods for any data or materials available in a public repository. Novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences must be deposited in a public repository such as the GenBank database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/), If a new function or mutation is found to be associated with a previously known DNA sequence (i.e., an existing GenBank entry), authors are encouraged to create a new GenBank entry in order to link the sequence and the gene symbol/function in the database. In the case of (partially or completely) sequenced vectors and constructs, accession numbers should be provided. All data necessary to validate protein structure determinations, including x-ray amplitudes and phases and the derived atomic coordinates should be submitted to the Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb). Accession numbers for all data deposited in a public repository should be provided in the manuscript at the end of the Methods as a separate paragraph. If an accession number has not been assigned at the time of submission, please use X's as placeholders to be updated later. In general, accession numbers should be provided only in the Methods, not elsewhere in the manuscript, unless necessary for clarity.
Publication in The Plant Cell implies that the authors agree to provide materials that are integral to the results presented in the article, including whatever would be necessary for a skilled investigator to verify or replicate the claims. Authors must indicate their agreement by including the following statement at the end of the Methods section: "Upon request, materials integral to the findings presented in this publication will be made available in a timely manner to all investigators on similar terms for non-commercial research purposes. To obtain materials, please contact A. B. Author, 123-456-7890, email@university.edu." Contact information for the author(s) responsible for distribution of material(s) should be provided. Authors should refer to the Materials Distribution Policy in these instructions for explanation of the journal’s expectations of authors and requestors. Authors are encouraged to take advantage of public repositories or commercial vendors to the extent possible.
Large-Scale Data Sets
Large-scale data sets (e.g., complete or draft genome sequences, genome annotations, genetic maps, EST data sets, microarray data sets, and metabolic profiles) that are used as the basis for analyses that lead to broad conclusions about genome organization, coding potential, transcription patterns, etc., must be made available at time of manuscript submission as electronic supplementary material, and at time of publication via a public repository (e.g., GEO http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo or Array-Express http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress) or the online version of The Plant Cell. In general, such data sets should be complete (e.g., must include the complete set of genome sequences analyzed, the complete set of ESTs identified, etc.) and should be provided in an accessible format (e.g., Excel table). Data provided for microarray experiments must include sequence information (e.g., accession numbers, any annotation data, and in the case of Arabidopsis, TAIR locus identifiers [http://www.arabidopsis.org/info/guidelines.html]), as well as gene expression data for the complete set of genes determined statistically to be of significance.
The experimental design of microarray experiments and data analysis techniques (including any procedures used to normalize and/or transform the data) should be described in the Methods section of the manuscript. Generally, the significance of differential gene expression should be determined empirically from the data, and the methods used (software, statistical tests, etc.) adequately described. Authors are encouraged to follow the MIAME (Minimal Information for a Microarray Experiment) standards and to consult with a statistician familiar with microarray analysis for assistance with experimental design (i.e., prior to the collection of data) and analysis of microarray data. Authors are further cautioned that some degree of replication (including independent biological replicates) is likely to be considered necessary for microarray experiments. Threshold cutoff values are generally not acceptable unless shown to be statistically valid for the full range of expression levels.
Genetic Nomenclature and Terminology
The Plant Cell requires that all gene names and symbols conform to nomenclature conventions adopted by the scientific community and that all genetic terminology be used in a scientifically accurate manner.
Gene symbols. Prior to submission, authors should determine that all gene symbols used in a manuscript have priority in the literature. When introducing new gene symbols, the manuscript cover letter must state that the authors have conducted a search of the literature and of community databases and that the new symbol has priority and has been registered in the appropriate community database (if one is available for the species in question). Priority may be established for a gene symbol either by publication in the literature or formal registration in a community gene symbol database. Possible conflicts and/or confusion regarding nomenclature should be resolved prior to submission, if possible, and/or addressed in the cover letter. The full name for a gene should be stated where first used in the manuscript. Full gene names, not symbols, should be used in the title of the manuscript.
Authors should be aware that nomenclature conventions differ between species and so, for instance, Arabidopsis nomenclature should not be used for maize genes, or vice versa. Transferring gene symbols between species may be inappropriate if the symbol has already been used for another purpose in the second species. Authors are advised to consult available resources such as:
http://www.arabidopsis.org/links/nomenclature.html (Arabidopsis Gene and Protein Classification and other links).
http://www.agron.missouri.edu/maize_nomenclature.html (A Standard for Maize Genetics Nomenclature).
http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/wgc/98/ (Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat). Although a lower case ‘p?is used to indicate the protein product of a gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae nomenclature (e.g., SNF2p), this is not used in most plant nomenclature systems; please use the accepted protein nomenclature system for the species in question.
Gene fusions and constructs. Gene fusions may be indicated by either a single colon or a hyphen, but not by a double colon. For example, 35S:GFP, 35S-GFP, CRY2:GFP, CRY2-GFP are acceptable to refer to promoter-coding sequence fusions and fusions of coding sequences. A double colon should be used only for insertions (such as insertions by transposable elements) An1::dTph1, Bz1::Ac, or LFY::TAG1. Lower case ‘p?should used to refer to plasmids (e.g., pBR322), and to avoid confusion it should not be use to refer to promoters. Authors are encouraged to designate promoters as P 35S or Pro35S, for instance, and promoter/coding sequence fusions as Pro35S:LFY or ProLFY:GFP.
Relationships between homologous genes. The Plant Cell follows the recommendations of Theissen (Nature 415:741, 2002) and Fitch (Trends in Genetics 16:227-231, 2000) for usage of terms that describe relationships between genes. Homology is a relationship between features or genes that share a common evolutionary origin. DNA sequences may be homologous or not, but they may not be “partially homologous? percent sequence similarity may be used, but not “percent homology.?Paralogy is a relationship between genes that have originated by gene duplication, whereas orthology is a relationship between genes that originated by speciation. If orthology or paralogy can not be established with certainty, modified terms such as putative ortholog(ue) or likely paralog(ue) are preferred.
Genes and mutations. The standard definition of the term gene in molecular terms is the complete segment of chromosome that is required for expression of a gene product (i.e., including promoters, enhancers, introns, exons, untranslated regions, etc.) Thus, a coding sequence or transcription unit should not be referred to as a gene, but rather as a component of a gene. Also, the term transcript splicing model is accurate, but gene model or gene splicing model are not.
Authors should note that insertional mutations are not necessarily “knockout?mutations and should not be referred to as such unless they have been shown experimentally to be null alleles. Also, putative insertional mutations should generally be characterized at both ends of an insertion prior to manuscript submission; otherwise, the possibility cannot be ruled out that the observed sequence fusion represents a translocation rather than an insertion.
Generally, characterization of multiple, independent alleles is necessary to establish that a mutation (such as a T-DNA insertion or chemically induced mutation) is responsible for an observed phenotype, as opposed to an undetected, linked mutation. Complementation tests via transformation can be valuable, although their interpretation may be limited by the possibility of redundancy, and so statements of proof should be limited to cases in which multiple independent alleles have been characterized.
Figure Legends
Provide a short title for each figure. Figure legends should be concise and should not repeat information presented in the text. Figure panels that are designated with capital letters should have specific subtitles in the legend and should be described separately and completely. Do not describe methods in figure legends unless they are necessary to interpret the results conveyed by the figure. Define in the legend all symbols and abbreviations that are used in the figure. GenBank accession numbers should be included under Methods, not in figure legends.
Tables
Tables can be submitted either embedded within the text file just before the references or uploaded as separate files preceding the figure files; tables will be appended to the PDF (between the references and figures) in the order in which they were uploaded. Number tables consecutively as they are first mentioned in the text. Provide a concise title for each table, and label each column with an unambiguous heading. If footnotes are needed for clarity, designate them with lowercase letters in the order in which they are referenced in the table.
Prepare tables using Word's table feature. If not using Word's table feature, tables can be prepared using a single tab between columns. Table titles, legends (descriptive text), and footnotes should be input as regular text outside the table body.
References
Cite references in the text by name and date of publication and not by number. List only articles that are published or in press. References should contain complete titles and inclusive page numbers. Cite in the text all unpublished results, including personal communications and submitted manuscripts (for example, R. Goldberg and K. Jofuku, unpublished results). Have available permission letters for all personal communications unless they are from the author's laboratory. Citations for web sites (other than for primary literature) should be handled parenthetically in the text and not included in the reference list. Authors should test all URLs and links.
FIGURES
Manuscripts submitted with substandard figures will be delayed. Number figures consecutively according to the order in which they are called out in the text. Figures should be unambiguous and as conceptual as possible and provide enough information so that the reader can understand them without significant input from the text. For those figures that contain more than one panel, designate the panels with capital letters (no parentheses and no periods following letters) in the upper left-hand corner. Whenever possible, position panels vertically for one-column reproduction in the journal. The use of gray shading in figures is discouraged; stippling, cross-hatching, or other patterns are preferred.
For the best possible reproduction of gel blots, submit combination figures in which the labels and photographs or autoradiographs are composite images. Format the width of sequence data in the paper to one column.
Digital Figures for First Submission (Peer Review)
Authors must submit digital art files. Formats accepted for review are TIFF, JPEG, EPS, and GIF. Formats not supported include Bitmap (.bmp). PICT (.pict), Excel (.xls), Photoshop (.psd), Powerpoint (.ppt), Canvas (.cv), Word (.doc) and CorelDRAW (.cdr). Your images will be converted to PDF and appended to your manuscript file. Images submitted as digital files must be in their correct orientation and at their final size. Please crop graphics closely and do not add unnecessarily wide borders, and also make sure that file sizes are under 5 MB. The DPI (dots per inch) at which a graphic is scanned has the most dramatic impact on file size. In general, 300 dpi should be an adequate resolution for most anything to be displayed electronically and 600 dpi may be used for really high resolution. Bench>Press will reduce images to a maximum size of 1200x1575 pixels for JPEG and TIFF and 576x756 pixels for GIF. Smaller images are not affected. For optimum conversion results, please load your figures at 600 DPI, CMYK mode for color, grayscale for halftones and black and white, in TIFF format. Please leave borders of images as small as possible, especially when dealing with TIFF files. Please do not save JPEG files in CMYK; use RGB mode.
Figures for Final Submission (Publication)
Please note that if your manuscript is accepted for publication, you will be asked to upload new figures according to specifications for the print journal and that production standards differ from those for peer review. Figure labels must match the text for capitalization, italics, and use of symbols. If labels contain typographic errors or inconsistencies, the author will be asked to upload a corrected figure(s). Figures will be sized (reduced) as deemed appropriate by production staff. If there are specific size expectations or preferences please convey them to the production manager via e-mail. Final publication requires high resolution files in one of the following acceptable formats: TIFF, JPEG, and EPS. EPS and TIFF are the preferred formats. Formats not supported include Bitmap (.bmp). PICT (.pict), Excel (.xls), Photoshop (.psd), Powerpoint (.ppt), Canvas (.cv), Word (.doc), and CorelDRAW (.cdr). Because there are critical color variations between an RGB (computer monitor) display file and a lithographic reproduction (CMYK), for publication purposes please convert your final figure files to CMYK. This will allow you to view any potential problems in capturing faithfully the areas of interest and to make any necessary adjustments to improve clarity before the image file is submitted. Help with preparing quality digital files is available from http://dx.sheridan.com/guidelines/digital_art.html or from John Long at The Plant Cell editorial office (301/251-0560, ext. 119; jlong@aspb.org).
File Types:
Grayscale image (black-and-white photograph): Submit a TIFF or an EPS file at a resolution of 300 dpi. Minimum/maximum dot size = 2% to 98%.
Color image: Submit a TIFF or EPS file at a resolution of 300 dpi.
Black-and-white line image (charts and graphs): Submit a TIFF or an EPS file at a resolution of 1000 dpi. Before scanning images, make sure that they are straight in the scanner.
Combinations: Images containing text, line art, and grayscale or color should be scanned at a resolution of 500 dpi to help reduce the bitmapped effect on the text.
Vector files: Submit resolution-independent EPS files. Type in these files should be converted to "create outlines" or "convert to paths" when using drawing programs such as Illustrator?or Freehand? This step will eliminate the need to download fonts for outputting.
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
The Plant Cell online provides the opportunity for authors to include data impossible or impractical to include in the printed journal. Data such as videos and data sets that are very large should be submitted as supplemental data files. These data should substantially contribute to the manuscript and will be reviewed as part of the normal manuscript review process. Furthermore, supplemental materials integral to the published manuscript are subject to the same copyright restrictions as published manuscripts.
Videos
Video material that is absolutely required for interpretation of data may be used to supplement the online journal. Please upload your video as supplemental data in QuickTime 3.0 or higher format so that reviewers can evaluate the video. To avoid excessive delays in downloading, video files should be no bigger than 5 MB and should run between 30 and 60 seconds. Use QuickTime's "compress" option when preparing files to help control file size. Cropping frames and image sizes can also significantly reduce file sizes. Files submitted can be looped to play more than once, provided the file size does not become excessive. All videos should be submitted at the desired reproduction size and length. Authors will be notified if problems exist with videos as submitted and will be asked to modify them. No editing will be done to the videos at the editorial office; all changes are the author's responsibility.
IMPORTANT: One traditional still image of the author's choosing for each video must be included as a figure in the article. The figure should include three frames of the video, indicating the beginning, middle, and end. This image will be published to act as a link from the text to the full video file. It will also appear in the text of the printed journal in place of the video. Please indicate clearly in your text whether a figure has a video associated with it and be sure to indicate the name of the corresponding video file. A brief figure legend should also be provided. The figures should be prepared using the guidelines for figures indicated elsewhere in these instructions.
Large-Scale Data Sets and Other Online-Only Data
Large-scale data sets and other data that are integral to the manuscript but are best represented on the Internet may be submitted for inclusion in the online version of The Plant Cell. For peer review, please be sure to upload supplemental data at the time your manuscript is submitted.
PEER REVIEW
Members of the editorial board will review all manuscripts to determine whether they are appropriate for evaluation by expert reviewers. Decisions will be made as rapidly as possible, and the journal strives to return reviewers' comments to authors within 4 weeks. The editorial board will re-review manuscripts that are accepted pending revision. The board will consider only one revised manuscript, and this manuscript must be submitted within 1 month unless unusual circumstances require an extended period of time. It is the goal of the journal to publish manuscripts within 4 months after submission.
MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTANCE
Authors of accepted manuscripts will be provided with a checklist for preparing their final submission. Final accepted manuscripts should be submitted as Word files with tables imbedded in the manuscript file.
Accepted manuscripts are copyedited for grammar and journal style before proof is generated. In an effort to facilitate rapid publication, after authors have reviewed proof and corrections are made, the article will be posted online as part of the publication Plant Cell Preview. Articles are posted anywhere from a few days to a few weeks prior to the full online issue of the journal. Any subsequent final corrections to the paper will appear in the final published version (and will suppress any earlier version) for both The Plant Cell Online and The Plant Cell (paper) versions. If an author does not want to have an article posted online ahead of final publication, it should be specified on the checklist provided at acceptance. The official date of publication is the date that the article first appears online as part of Plant Cell Preview.
Proofs
The journal printer will deliver electronic page proofs to the corresponding author. The printer will notify the author via e-mail to retrieve page proofs. The author will have access to a PDF file, which will contain PDF pages (with figures and tables) and a reprint order form. All proofs of color figures will be mailed as hard copy to the corresponding author for approval. Page proofs are considered to be the final version of the manuscript. With the exception of typographical or minor clerical errors, no changes will be made in the manuscript at the proof stage. Notes added in proof will be sent to the coeditor assigned to the manuscript prior to publication and will be reviewed for appropriate content and wording. Authors will receive proofs approximately 3 to 4 weeks after final acceptance of the manuscript. Because of the tight publication schedule, authors must relay all additions and corrections to the printer by overnight mail within 24 hours of receipt of the proofs. Failure to act promptly to approve the page proofs may delay publication of the manuscript. Electronic correction of manuscripts will be available in the future.
Fees and Charges
Starting with papers accepted for the January 2003 issue of The Plant Cell, authors will no longer be charged a $350 handling fee. Rather, corresponding authors will be assessed a per page charge of $55. Corresponding authors who are ASPB members will receive a $10 per page discount. Publication of an article in The Plant Cell is not contingent upon the author's ability to pay the charges. Authors may request that the editorial board waive page charges under special circumstances. The Plant Cell partially subsidizes the printing of color photographs. Author charges are $500 for the first color illustration, $500 for the second, and $250 for the third and each subsequent color illustration in one article. Under exceptional circumstances that are explained in writing to the managing editor, authors may request waiver of the color reproduction charges. Authors will need to justify that the color figure is essential for interpreting the results presented in the manuscript.
Cover Photographs
Each cover of The Plant Cell will have an illustration selected from one of the articles published in that issue. Authors who wish to have a color photograph considered for the cover should upload the image as a supplemental file and indicate on the checklist provided at acceptance that the photo is a candidate cover submission. If an author does not hold the copyright for a cover submission, they are responsible for obtaining the necessary permission to use the image.
POLICIES
Electronic Posting of Articles
The Plant Cell will review manuscripts that are posted on Web sites as long as it is clearly stated beneath the title of the Web preprint that it is "under review" or "accepted for publication" in a revised form. Authors may not post revised versions of their manuscripts while those papers remain under review by The Plant Cell editorial board or after they have been accepted. However, authors may post the published version of their manuscripts after the manuscripts have appeared in the online version of the journal. Authors do not need to request permission from ASPB to post their published manuscripts, but they must provide the proper citation and acknowledge ASPB as the copyright owner.
Materials Distribution Policy
Publication in The Plant Cell requires that authors make available all materials integral to the reported results (i.e., necessary to support the major claims and enable their verification or replication) for non-commercial research purposes. Such materials include mutants, genetic stocks, transgenic plants, cell lines, recombinant constructs, vectors, viruses, enzymes, antibodies, and software. All manuscripts submitted to The Plant Cell will be reviewed for compliance with journal policy and should include the following statement in the Methods: "Upon request, materials integral to the findings presented in this publication will be made available in a timely manner to all investigators on similar terms for non-commercial research purposes."
Authors should expect to comply with requests for materials within 60 days. Requestors should expect to cooperate with reasonable conditions that do not limit use for non-commercial research purposes. In the case of unreasonable delay (and lack of extenuating circumstances, such as travel or illness), the requestor may contact the managing editor. Non-compliance by authors may result in denial of further rights to publish in The Plant Cell and/or notification of authors?funding agencies or employers. Authors are expected to make materials available to all qualified investigators in private or public organizations on similar, if not identical, terms. If authors do not possess rights to distribute materials, they should supply contact information upon request for the source of the materials and should make their best efforts to facilitate the transfer of these materials within the expected timeframe, preferably by arranging for standard, reasonable terms in advance of publication or even prior to the initiation of research with such materials.
Reasonable approaches to protect ownership rights are allowable, but should be described in the Methods. For instance, in lieu of providing constructs, vectors, or transgenic lines, the complete DNA sequences necessary to replicate them may be provided as supplementary material; exceptions to this would include particular transgene loci or lines that are integral to the reported findings, or complex constructs or genotypes that could not be replicated in a timely manner. Mutants or alleles that exist only in proprietary inbreds may be provided as hybrids. Authors may require requestors to obtain a license for research use of patented materials.
Authors may reasonably limit amounts of materials (such as enzymes, antibodies, and natural products) that will be distributed in the case that substantial effort is required for their isolation. If so, sufficiently detailed procedures should be provided to permit production of the materials; if necessary, detailed protocols may be provided as supplementary material via The Plant Cell online.
Corrections and Retractions
If necessary, corrections of significant errors in published articles will be published in a later issue of the journal. Within two months after publication, authors are requested to bring any errors to the attention of the managing editor.
A correction published in the print journal will also be published as a correction in the online journal and will be linked to the original article.
Articles may be retracted by their authors, academic or institutional sponsor, editor, or publisher, because of pervasive error or unsubstantiated or irreproducible data.
A correction or retraction, so labeled, will appear in a prominent section of the journal, will be listed in the contents page, and will include the title of the original article. The text of a retraction will explain why the article is being retracted and will include a bibliographic reference to it.
Editorial Board
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Richard A.Jorgensen
University of Arizona
Department of Plant Sciences
303 Forbes Hall
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036
phone - 520-626-9216
fax - 520-621-7186
e-mail - raj@ag.arizona.edu
COEDITORS
Sarah M. (Sally) Assmann
Pennsylvania State University
Biology Department
208 Mueller Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802-5301
phone - 814-863-9579
fax - 814-865-9131
e-mail - sma3@psu.edu
Jo Ann (Jody) Banks
Purdue University
Department of Botany
Lilly Hall
West Lafayette, IN 47907
phone - 765-494-5895
fax - 765-494-5896
e-mail - banksj@purdue.edu
Alice Barkan
University of Oregon
Institute of Molecular Biology
Eugene, OR 97403-1229
phone - 541-346-5145
fax - 541-346-5891
e-mail - abarkan@molbio.uoregon.edu
Kathy Barton
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Department of Plant Biology
260 Panama Street
Stanford, CA 94305
phone - 650-325-1521
fax - 650-325-6857
email - barton@andrew2.stanford.edu
James Birchler
University of Missouri
Division of Biological Sciences
117 Tucker Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
phone - 573-882-4905
fax - 573-882-0123
e-mail - birchlerj@missouri.edu
Jeffrey Ellis
CSIRO Plant Industry
Clunies Ross Street
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT, 2601
Australia
phone - 61 2 6246 5421
fax - 61 2 6246 5000
e-mail - jeff.ellis@pi.csiro.au
Mark Estelle
Indiana University
Department of Biology
Myers Hall
915 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
phone - 812-856-1216
fax - 812-855-6082
e-mail - mestelle@bio.indiana.edu
Wolf Frommer
University of Tuebingen
Botanical Institute
Auf der Morgenstelle 1
D-72076 Tuebingen
Germany
phone - 49 7071 297 2605
fax - 49 7071 29 3287
e-mail - frommer@uni-tuebingen.de
Brandon Gaut
University of California
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
321 Steinhaus Hall
phone - 949-824-2564
fax - 949-824-2181
e-mail - bgaut@uci.edu
Thomas Guilfoyle
University of Missouri
Department of Biochemistry
117 Schweitzer Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
phone - 573-882-7648
fax - 573-882-5635
e-mail - guilfoylet@missouri.edu
John J. Harada
University of California
Section of Plant Biology
Division of Biological Sciences
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
phone - 530-752-0673
fax - 530-752-5410
e-mail - jjharada@ucdavis.edu
Peter Hepler
Department of Biology
Morrill Science Center III
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
phone - 413-545-2083
fax - 413-545-3243
e-mail - hepler@bio.umass.edu
Ann Hirsch
University of California
Department of MCD Biology
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
phone ?310-206-8673
fax ?310-206-5413
e-mail - ahirsch@ucla.edu
Molly Miller Jahn
Cornell University
Department of Plant Breeding
313 Bradfield Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
phone ?607-255-8147
fax ?607-255-6683
e-mail ?mmj9@cornell.edu
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United Kingdom
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University of California
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University of California
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