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SUBMITTER: Shigematsu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3903776 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shigematsu Hideki H Iida Kazuko K Nakano Masataka M Chaudhuri Pratima P Iida Hidetoshi H Nagayama Kuniaki K
PloS one 20140127 1
Mechanosensing in plants is thought to be governed by sensory complexes containing a Ca²⁺-permeable, mechanosensitive channel. The plasma membrane protein MCA1 and its paralog MCA2 from Arabidopsis thaliana are involved in mechanical stress-induced Ca²⁺ influx and are thus considered as candidates for such channels or their regulators. Both MCA1 and MCA2 were functionally expressed in Sf9 cells using a baculovirus system in order to elucidate their molecular natures. Because of the abundance of ...[more]