A5008511731- Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
- Plant and animal studies
UCLouvain
2017-2018
Active transport of aromas Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) serve as invisible lines communication among host plants, pathogens, commensals, community groups, and, with flowers, their pollinators. Studying petunia Adebesin et al. show that VOCs do not passively diffuse out the cells but are actively shuttled across plasma membrane by an ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporter (see Perspective Eberl and Gershenzon). Disabling results in damage to cell's membranes intracellular accumulation...
Pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) transporters belong to the ABCG subfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) and are involved in transport various molecules across plasma membranes. During evolution, PDR genes appeared independently fungi plants from a duplication half-size ABC gene. The enzymatic properties purified yeast have been characterized. This is not case for any plant transporter, or, incidentally, transporter. Yet, play important roles physiology such as hormone signaling or...