The distinction between CLC ion channels and ion exchangers has ... but one function is evidently to concentrate nitrate in plant vacuoles. Moreover, chloride channels were pre-viously considered ...

The protein NRT1.1 transports nitrate ions into plants over a wide range of concentrations. Two studies provide structural insight into this unusual behaviour, but give different explanations for it.

In the cells of most living beings calcium ions function as so-called second messengers to transmit important signals. The same applies equally to animal, plant and fungal cells. Calcium is a very ...

The gene MADS27, which regulates nitrate absorption, root development and stress tolerance, is activated by the micro-RNA, miR444, therefore offers a way to control these properties of the plant.

In the cells of most living beings calcium ions function as so-called second messengers to transmit important signals. The same applies equally to animal, plant and fungal cells. Through collaboration ...

Led by Prof. Dr. Markus Schwarzländer oft he University Münster, an inter-university team recently discovered how calcium ions find their way into the mitochondria of plant cells. The vital ...

The excess accumulation of soluble salts, especially sodium chloride (NaCl), in the root zone severely impedes plant growth, reducing crop productivity. Although chloride ions (Cl-) are essential ...

AtCLCf functions as a chloride ion (Cl ‑) efflux channel on the plasma membrane, enhancing the plant’s salinity tolerance. The images show Arabidopsis plant protoplasts (cells without their ...

Fertilisers containing nitrate ions (NO 3-) not only contain an essential ... you often find that the fertiliser is classified according to which plant it can improve the best.

"They operate as pumps, moving molecules and ions around, they transform one molecule into another, they separate the DNA and do the details of the copying." And because plants need nitrogen to ...

To verify that an influx of Ca 2+ into cells triggers the folding, the researchers treated leaves with a solution containing lanthanum ions, which block calcium channels, and saw that the plants ...