Compact News: Study Reveals Important Aspects of Signalling Across Cell Membranes in Plants

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Study Reveals Important Aspects of Signalling Across Cell Membranes in Plants

Study Reveals Important Aspects of Signalling Across Cell Membranes in Plants
Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:08:00 -0500

Illustration showing transmembrane signaling in a plant cell aided by a steroid.

Every living plant cell and animal cell is surrounded by a membrane that helps it communicate with other cells and the outside world. These cellular membranes contain receptor molecules that serve as the cell's eyes and ears.

The receptor molecules accomplish three basic things in the communication process: 1) recognize an outside signal, 2) transport that signal across the cell's membrane and 3) initiate the reading of the signal inside the cell and then initiate the cell's response ...

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