Hot temperatures can trigger an RNA response in plants

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 10:40 in Biology & Nature

The stress of hotter temperatures may trigger a response in a plant’s RNA, or ribonucleic acid — part of a cell’s genetic messaging system — to help manage this change in its environment, according to a team of Penn State researchers. In a study on rice plants, the researchers found that a sudden increase in […]

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