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How plants iron out the competing interests of growth and defence.
- Source :
- Nature; Jan2024, Vol. 625 Issue 7996, p671-672, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
-
Abstract
- Once a plant recognizes a pathogen, part of its defence strategy is to withhold iron. The mechanism involves suppression of root acquisition of iron by degrading a molecule that activates the iron-uptake pathway. Plants attacked by bacteria degrade a protein needed for iron uptake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836
- Volume :
- 625
- Issue :
- 7996
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174953571
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03995-3