New aspects of phloem-mediated long-distance lipid signaling in plants

Plants are sessile and cannot move to appropriate hiding places or feeding grounds to escape adverse conditions. As a consequence, they evolved mechanisms to detect changes in their environment, communicate these to different organs, and adjust development accordingly. These adaptations include two...

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Main Authors: Urs Florian Benning, Banita eTamot, Brandon Scott Guelette, Susanne eHoffmann-Benning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2012.00053/full