Camel cures for ailing grapevines
Grapevine fanleaf degeneration disease is of viral origin and appears on the list of the most pathogenic vine…
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Divert to better control: how plants control their defenses
Plants are constantly attacked by insects, germs, and other pests, and activate sophisticated defense mechanisms as soon as…
A new counterdefense of plant viruses: send siRNAs to a blind alley !
In plants, RNA interference (RNAi) is the main defense against viruses. This antiviral mechanism is driven by small…
Reproductive isolation : epigenetics enters the mix
Genetic variation produces population diversity on which natural selection can act, but for biological species to form, barriers…
Moss cuticle : an ancestor of lignin of vascular plant ?
Evolution of two essential biopolymers, lignin and cutin, has been required for successful plant transition from water to…
ROP2 and TOR at the heart of the translational regulation by auxin in plants
Auxins is an essential phytohormone that regulates multiple aspects of plant growth and development. If it exerts a…
How does plant metabolism evolve ?
The team of Daniele Werck found, through a combined approach of phylogenomics biochemistry of cytochrome P450 and analytical…
The unveiled origin of wine lactone, a typical aroma of Gewurztraminer wine
The lactone of wine significantly contributes to the bouquet of aromatic white wines such as Gewurztraminer. This molecule…
Unexpected role of uridylation in repairing the ends of messenger RNA
The eukaryotic messenger RNAs end with a succession of dozens of adenosine, commonly called poly (A) tail. A…
Gibberellins put the iron in spinach!
Patrick Achard team reveals that tissue-specific distribution of signaling by phytohormones gibberellins (GAs) in the roots, allows plants…
The helicase RECG1 controls the dynamics of plant mitochondrial DNA
The team of José Gualberto and André Dietrich showed that the Arabidopsis DNA helicase RECG1 is involved not…
How proteins replace RNA enzymes during evolution
Since the prebiotic RNA world, protein gradually replaced RNA to perform the catalytic activities. The team of Philippe…
Small multifunctional proteins at the heart of cell division
In collaboration with researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the Institute for Pflanzengenetik in Gatersleben (Germany) Marie-Edith…
GA12, a new long-distance communication officer in plants
The team of Patrick Achard, working with an English team and a Spanish team, has highlighted that a…
Encoded by a cryptic gene, a new viral protein out of the shadows
Due to the small size of their genome, plant viruses multiply expression strategies to produce the proteins required…
Plant growth, a story of protein selective degradation
Plant cell cycle control presents significant similarities with that of the animals, but also fundamental differences, particularly in…
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