Scientists find critical receptor that allows plant cells to pass stress signals
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is well-known for its role in cells as acting almost like currency for energy storage. Research by…
How do plants perceive damage to themselves?
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Plants use receptor proteins on the surface of their cells to recognise danger signals from pathogens. A paper recently…
In plants, ‘floating’ ATP may signal trouble
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Scientists have identified a key gene in plants that sniffs out extracellular ATP—the genetic equivalent of discovering a new…
Extracellular ATP receptor found in plants
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Transgenic Arabidopsis with a chemiluminescent calcium reporter that helped researchers find the receptor for extracellular ATP.I…