Lectins are fundamental to plant life and have important roles in cell-to-cell communication;
development and defence strategies. At the cell surface; lectins are present both as soluble …

To halt pathogen invasion, plants—unlike animals—solely depend on an innate immune
system. They possess an expanded arsenal of cell surface-localized pattern recognition …

Abstract Background Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) in plants are encoded by a multigene
family. ADHs participate in growth, development, and adaptation in many plant species, but …

For most sequenced flowering plants, multiple whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are
found. Duplicated genes following WGD often have different fates that can quickly disappear …

Objectives Increased antibiotic resistance has catalyzed the research on new antibacterial
molecules and alternative strategies, such as the application of beneficial bacteria. Since …

In animals, extracellular ATP is a well-studied signaling molecule that is recognized by
plasma membrane-localized P2-type purinergic receptors. However, in contrast, much less …

Understanding how plants cope with changing habitats is a timely and important topic in
plant research. Phenotypic plasticity describes the capability of a genotype to produce …

R-type lectins are a widespread group of sugar-binding proteins found in nearly all domains
of life, characterized by the presence of a carbohydrate-binding domain that adopts a β …

Lectins are present throughout the plant kingdom and are reported to be involved in diverse
biological processes. In this study, we provide a comparative analysis of the lectin families …

Intron‐containing genes have the ability to generate multiple transcript isoforms by splicing,
thereby greatly expanding the eukaryotic transcriptome and proteome. In eukaryotic cells …