#Broad_bean thrives despite a hyperactive #ion_channel, finds study.
#calcium #vacuole #TCP1 #Vicia
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-broad-bean-hyperactive-ion-channel.html
Plants in which an ion channel of the vacuole is hyperactive are extremely stressed and grow poorly. But the broad bean is an exception, as Würzburg researchers have discovered. Their research is published in the journal eLife.
Stealthy #Salmonella escapes host's defenses using two-pronged approach
#immunity #vacuole #Xenophagy #macrophages
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-stealthy-salmonella-host-defenses-two-pronged.html
Like thieves that constantly look for ways to evade capture, Salmonella enterica, a disease-causing bacterium, uses various tactics to escape the human body's defense mechanisms. In a new study, researchers from the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCB), IISc, highlight two such strategies that the bacterium uses to protect itself, both driven by the same protein.
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