Salicylic acid, the precursor to aspirin, is an anti-tumor agent that blocks protein acetylation.

Expression of plant immune genes is controlled by the opposing actions of ubiquitin ligases and deubiquitinases that modify the master coactivator NPR1, thereby regulating its intrinsic transcriptional activity.

Simultaneously measuring the transcriptomes of both a host plant and fungal pathogen, co-transcriptomics, identified diverse, dynamic and independent communication mechanisms conveying information between the two organisms via discrete gene modules.

A plant autophagy pathway transports chloroplast stroma and envelope components into the vacuole through the division and encapsulation of the site of chloroplasts that is associated with developing autophagosome.

The transfer RNA thiolation modification is required for the efficient translation of the master immune regulator NPR1 in plants.

It is hypothesized that volatile organic compounds emitted by plants after stress induction may be sensed by neighboring eavesdropping plants using odorant-binding proteins.

Plants detect the presence of phospholipids in eggs from a herbivorous insect and trigger innate immunity.

Increased root exudation rate under combined drought and bacterial inoculation and bacterial growth stimulation by specific exudation metabolites support the idea of root recruitment of beneficial bacteria, especially under water stress.

Inner-ear drug delivery experiments show that the fluids in the cochlea circulate due to the peristaltic action of motile auditory receptor cells.

Arabidopsis seed germination can be repressed by a Pseudomonas factor.