Peanut plant's 'chemical breath' could give clues to drought and other stresses
Peanut growers could someday identify emerging threats such as drought, pests or disease by testing a plant's "chemical breath."
Peanut growers could someday identify emerging threats such as drought, pests or disease by testing a plant's "chemical breath."
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2019
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Scientists have discovered non-coding RNA has a novel role to fine-tune gene expressions during stress recovery, getting closer to uncovering a 30-year-old nuclear mystery.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2019
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Ph.D. student Fabian Gösser from the Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity has been studying how corals react to changing environmental conditions and how their stress response could contribute to the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 12, 2021
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Lizards living in fire-ant-invaded areas are stressed. However, a team of biologists found that the lizards did not exhibit this stress as expected after extended fire ant exposure in socially stressful environments, leading ...
Ecology
May 23, 2017
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A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is the first to document what coral genes are doing in response to a disease that is rapidly killing corals ...
Ecology
Jul 6, 2021
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Mosquitoes continue to build resistance to existing pesticides. Research has now shown that the chemical substances emitted by one of the mosquito's natural enemies - the backswimmer - makes the biological pesticide Bti more ...
Ecology
Aug 25, 2016
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A new study shows that the protein CHIP can regulate the insulin receptor more efficiently alone than in a paired state. In cellular stress situations, CHIP usually appears as a homodimer—an association of two identical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2022
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When temperatures drop, plants can't bundle up. Stuck outside, exposed, plants instead undergo a series of biochemical changes that protect cells from damage. Scientists have described these changes and identified some of ...
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2018
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The endosome is an essential organelle located at the center of membrane traffic and mainly sorts plasma membrane proteins internalized by endocytosis in cooperation with ubiquitination, especially lysine-63-linked polyubiquitin ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 22, 2024
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People feel it, animals feel it, and yes, plants sense it too. It's stress.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2010
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