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Quinone perception in plants via leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like kinases.
Nature - 1 Nov 2020
Laohavisit Anuphon, Wakatake Takanori, Ishihama Nobuaki, Mulvey Hugh, Takizawa Kaori, Suzuki Takamasa, Shirasu Ken
Abstract excerpt
Quinones are produced and sensed in all kingdoms of life1-4. Plants are primary producers of quinone1,2, but the role of quinone as a signalling agent in plants remains largely unknown. One well-documented role of quinone is in the induction of haustoria (specialized feeding structures) in plants that parasitize roots, which occurs in the presence of the host-derived quinone compound...
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