Plant Receptors Reflect Different Solutions for a Fundamental Signaling Problem

Birds do it, bees do it, and for most things biological, even plants do it. But not necessarily like their animal counterparts. A study led by Salk Institute scientists shows that a plant receptor does one of the most fundamental cellular "its"--the delivery of a hormonal signal from outside the cell to the nucleus--in a radically different way than its animal cousins. Knowing that could aid creation of techniques to speed plant growth and enhance agricultural production.

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