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Plant response to stress meets dedifferentiation

Gideon Grafi1, Vered Chalifa-Caspi, Tal Nagar

  • 1French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 84990, Israel. ggrafi@bgu.ac.il

Planta
|February 12, 2011
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Summary

Plant cells share a common stress response pathway involving dedifferentiation. This process allows cells to revert to a stem cell-like state to better handle biotic and abiotic stresses.

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