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Calcium channel in plants helps shut the door on intruders

Nature
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02504-0
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Disease-causing microorganisms can invade plants through leaf pores called stomata, which close rapidly in a calcium-dependent manner on detecting such danger. The calcium channels involved have now finally been identified.

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Yoshioka, K., & Moeder, W. (2020, September 24). Calcium channel in plants helps shut the door on intruders. Nature. Nature Research. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02504-0

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