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The recent evolution of a symbiotic ion channel in the legume family altered ion conductance and improved functionality in calcium signaling.
The Plant cell - 1 Jun 2012
Venkateshwaran Muthusubramanian, Cosme Ana, Han Lu, Banba Mari, Satyshur Kenneth A, Schleiff Enrico, Parniske Martin, Imaizumi-Anraku Haruko, Ané Jean-Michel
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza and the rhizobia-legume symbiosis are two major root endosymbioses that facilitate plant nutrition. In Lotus japonicus, two symbiotic cation channels, CASTOR and POLLUX, are indispensable for the induction of nuclear calcium spiking, one of the earliest plant responses to sy...
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