Plant hormones are signalling compounds that regulate crucial aspects of growth,
development and environmental stress responses. Abiotic stresses, such as drought …

Mechanical force is an essential physical element that contributes to the formation and
function of life. The discovery of the evolutionarily conserved PIEZO family, including PIEZO1 …

Calcium (Ca2+) is a unique mineral that serves as both a nutrient and a signal in all
eukaryotes. To maintain Ca2+ homeostasis for both nutrition and signaling purposes, the …

Adverse variations of abiotic environmental cues that deviate from an optimal range impose
stresses to plants. Abiotic stresses severely impede plant physiology and development …

In plants, a variety of stimuli trigger long-range calcium signals that travel rapidly along the
vasculature to distal tissues via poorly understood mechanisms. Here, we use quantitative …

Abstract Calcium ions (Ca 2+) are prominent intracellular messengers in all eukaryotic cells.
Recent studies have emphasized the crucial roles of Ca 2+ in plant immunity. Here, we …

Cells sense physical forces and convert them into electrical or chemical signals, a process
known as mechanotransduction. Whereas extensive studies focus on mechanotransduction …

Mechanosensing is a ubiquitous process to translate external mechanical stimuli into
biological responses. Piezo1 ion channels are directly gated by mechanical forces and play …

Gene editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-
associated proteins (CRISPR/Cas) has revolutionized biotechnology and provides genetic …

Piezo1 channels are essential mechanically activated ion channels in vertebrates. Their
selective activation by the synthetic chemical activator Yoda1 opened new avenues to probe …