Jinbo Shen

TL;DR: The cloning and characterization of a new quantitative trait locus (QTL) for the control of rice grain length, weight and yield is reported, suggesting a new mechanism for the regulation of grain size and yield that is driven through a novel phosphatase-mediated process that affects the phosphorylation of Cyclin-T1;3 during cell cycle progression.

TL;DR: Two pH sensors generated by combining the improved-solubility feature of solubility-modified green fluorescent protein with the pH-sensing capability of the pHluorins and codon optimized for expression in Arabidopsis are excellent pH sensors for visualization and quantification of pH in vivo, respectively.

TL;DR: Free1 plays multiple functional roles in vacuolar protein trafficking and organelle biogenesis as well as in autophagic degradation via a previously unidentified regulatory mechanism of cross-talk between the ESCRT machinery and autophagy process in plants.

TL;DR: The multiple roles and current working models for plant ESCRT machinery are summarized and speculation on future ESCRT studies in the plant field is speculated.

TL;DR: Recent advances on the mechanisms underlying intraluminal vesicle formation and maturation of plant PVCs/MVBs are highlighted and the possible crosstalk that appears to occur between PVCs and autophagosomes during autophagy in plants is discussed.