Plant pests such as bacteria and fungi lead to significant yield losses in agriculture. In order to develop new strategies ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, ...

Calcium signalling is activated by calcium ions that are released from intracellular stores, or enter the cell via plasma membrane ion channels. Calcium is an important second messenger that ...

Biologists have identified important components and mechanisms of the molecular machinery that transmits information about a pathogen encounter within the plant organism.

New research has identified crucial components and mechanisms of the plant immune system, potentially helping to develop ...

The study is among the first to show that the rotavirus protein NSP4 is both necessary and sufficient for multiple aspects of rotavirus infection by disrupting calcium signaling not only within ...

Cell signalling is the mechanism by which stimuli are transmitted via a signalling cascade to effector molecules that orchestrate the appropriate response. Types of cell signalling pathways ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, ...

Beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes play a critical role in agriculture, providing sustainable ...

The researchers found that the ability of rotavirus to generate calcium waves was fully attributable to NSP4, such that expression of NSP4 in cells, even in the absence of rotavirus infection ...