Selective Chloroplast Microautophagy
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: On The InsideWhen plants are exposed to excessive light, photoinhibition occurs and chloroplasts become damaged. Photodamaged chloroplasts undergo vacuolar digestion through a poorly understood autophagic process called chlorophagy. In general, cell biologists recognize two types of autophagy: macroautophagy and…
ABA Biosynthesis Occurs in the Mesophyll
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: On The InsideThe plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a critical role in enhancing plant survival during water deficit. While there is no doubt that ABA is a carotenoid derivative and that carotenoid cleavage occurs in the chloroplast, uncertainty remains about which tissues are responsible for synthesizing ABA.…
How Does a Plant Tolerate Prolonged Darkness?
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: On The InsideThe exposure of plants to prolonged darkness leads to the exhaustion of starch reserves and carbon and energy starvation. In such cases, plants must use alternative nutrient and energy sources to survive. Autophagy is an important mechanism that breaks down proteins and lipids and thereby provides the…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Shoji Segami
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Shoji Segami, first author of Vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase and Cytosolic Soluble Pyrophosphatases Cooperatively Regulate Pyrophosphate Levels in Arabidopsis thaliana
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan
Education: PhD, Graduate…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Kun Wang
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Kun Wang, first author of Two Abscisic Acid Responsive Plastid Lipase Genes Involved in Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Education: PhD, Biochemistry and…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Lian-Huan Wei
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesLian-Huan Wei, first author of The m6A Reader ECT2 Controls Trichome Morphology by Affecting mRNA Stability in Arabidopsis
Current Position: PhD student in the Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University.
Education: PhD in Chemical Biology at…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Jérémy Scutenaire
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesJérémy Scutenaire, first author of The YTH Domain Protein ECT2 Is an m6A Reader Required for Normal Trichome Branching in Arabidopsis
Current Position: Postdoc at the Institute of Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
Education: PhD in plant molecular biology at the…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Laura Arribas-Hernández
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesLaura Arribas-Hernández, featured first author of An m6A-YTH Module Controls Developmental Timing and Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen.
Education: PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen (2015), BS and MS in Biology at Universidad…
ASPB: Evolving in a Digital Age
BlogBY THE ASPB DIGITAL TEAM
Some of you may remember when academic correspondence took place by post. Authors sent manuscripts by mail to journals, which passed them on to reviewers, whose comments were ultimately returned to the authors, who then started the process again with a revised manuscript.…