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Control of free calcium in plant cell nuclei

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Free calcium ions stimulate a huge variety of processes inside the cell1, eliciting specific responses that depend on their spatio-temporal concentrations2,3. Here we investigate how these changes in calcium concentration are triggered in the cytosol and nucleus of plant cells, and find that they are independently controlled in the two compartments. Our results indicate that in plants some processes in the nucleus may be executed in response to an autonomously regulated nuclear calcium signal, although it is not clear whether this happens in animal cells as well4,5.

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Figure 1: Changes in free calcium concentration in the cytosol and nucleus of tobacco protoplasts.

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  1. Signaux et Messages Cellulaires chez les Végétaux, UMR-CNRS/UPS 5546, Pôle de Biotechnologie Végétale, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge, BP 17 Auzeville , Castanet-Tolosan, 31326, France

    Nicolas Pauly, Patrice Thuleau, Raoul Ranjeva & Christian Mazars

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK

    Marc R. Knight

  3. Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands

    Arnold H. van der Luit

  4. Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR CNRS/UPS 5547, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, Toulouse cedex, 31062, France

    Marc Moreau

  5. Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology , Mayfield Road, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh , EH9 3JH, UK

    Anthony J. Trewavas

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Pauly, N., Knight, M., Thuleau, P. et al. Control of free calcium in plant cell nuclei . Nature 405, 754–755 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35015671

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