Mechanosensitive channels: feeling tension in a world under pressure

Plants, like other organisms, are facing multiple mechanical constraints generated both in their tissues and by the surrounding environment. They need to sense and adapt to these forces throughout their lifetime. To do so, different mechanisms devoted to force transduction have emerged. Here we focu...

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Main Authors: Peyronnet eRemi, Tran eDaniel, Girault eTiffanie, Frachisse eJean Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00558/full