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. 2016 Jul;171(3):1790-3.
doi: 10.1104/pp.16.00645. Epub 2016 May 24.

Calcium, Metaphors, and Zeitgeist in Plant Sciences

Christoph Plieth  1
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Calcium, Metaphors, and Zeitgeist in Plant Sciences

Christoph Plieth. Plant Physiol. 2016 Jul.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A cylinder lock as alternative key metaphor for cellular stimulus-response coupling. A, An environmental stimulus has effects on diverse cellular actuating variables, such as [Ca2+], [H2O2], pH, [ATP], and membrane potential. Each variable is reflected here by a red bar. Together they form an amplitude pattern. B, An environmental stimulus affects some cellular actuating variables, and a new amplitude pattern (cellular state) is established. C, The new pattern is decoded by a specific key (i.e. a cellular receptor protein with specific sensitivity to the corresponding cellular actuating variables). The key that fits unlocks a gate in the signaling network and provides access to the correct physiological response that the plant species has learned during its evolution.
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