Potential new tools Nature is full of potential useful tools. Proteins that can do tricks that we find useful or handy. But to use those potential tools optimally requires understanding of how they do the tricks they do. That is why British researchers set to find this out for the potential new protein tool SAP05Continue reading “New tools”
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Quick responders
Quick responders Plants may be fixed in the ground. But they are quick responders. This is shown once again in recent research. Wherein a team of international researchers tells us that plants and algae respond within 30 seconds to the plant hormone auxin. The hormone auxin is about involved in almost everything in relation toContinue reading “Quick responders”
Starting points
Starting points In the never ending battle between plant and herbivory insects researchers search for ways to make plants less attractive. Like Dutch researchers show, this starts with the analysis of how insects manages to dodge the plant defence systems. Herbivory insects excrete with their saliva proteins that slow down the plant defence reaction. JustContinue reading “Starting points”
Yellow vs purple
Yellow vs purple Often the flowers of one species are equal in colour. But sometimes not. Like a Tibetan Iris which can have either yellow or purple flowers. Now Chinese researchers show in BMC Plant biology that this is caused by mistakes in the colour gene F3H Plants depend on the colour of their flowers.Continue reading “Yellow vs purple”
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