Decoding the landscape of cell-type-specific co-expressed transcription factors in soybean.

Most soybean cell types can be distinguished by their unique patterns of co-expressed transcription factor genes at single-cell resolution.

• Why it matters: Understanding cell-type-specific gene expression in soybean is crucial for engineering targeted biological functions and improving crop traits.
• What they did: The study generated Tabula Glycine max, a single-nucleus RNA-sequencing atlas from ten soybean organs, grouping nuclei into 156 clusters to analyze transcription factor co-expression.
• The result: The atlas reveals that co-expressed transcription factor gene patterns are sufficient to define most cell types, providing a valuable resource for soybean biology and crop engineering.