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Locked and Loaded: Structural Studies Reveal How the SCREW Peptide Engages Its NUT Receptor

Unable to move, they coordinate growth, immunity and development through a dense conversation of small secreted peptides that drift through the apoplast and dock onto receptor proteins embedded in the plasma membrane. Deciphering the grammar of this conversation is one of the central tasks of modern plant […]

Locked and Loaded: Structural Studies Reveal How the SCREW Peptide Engages Its NUT Receptor

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Unable to move, they coordinate growth, immunity and development through a dense conversation of small secreted peptides that drift through the apoplast and dock onto receptor proteins embedded in the...

Deciphering the grammar of this conversation is one of the central tasks of modern plant […]

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Unable to move, they coordinate growth, immunity and development through a dense conversation of small secreted peptides that drift through the apoplast and dock onto receptor proteins embedded in the plasma membrane. Deciphering the grammar of this conversation is one of the central tasks of modern plant […]

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