Researchers examining how the hormone jasmonate works to
protect plants and promote their growth have revealed how a transcriptional
repressor of the jasmonate signaling pathway makes its way into the nucleus of
the plant cell.
They hope the recently published discovery will eventually
help farmers experience better crop yields with less use of potentially harmful
chemicals.
“This is a small piece of a bigger picture, but it is a very
important piece,” said Maeli Melotto, a University of Texas at Arlington
assistant professor of biology.