Plants can experience a range of challenges, from osmotic stress to pathogen attack, requiring different types of responses. Despite this variety, two recent studies of plant transcriptomes reveal a surprising commonality in the genes induced by stress.
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Cole, B.J., Tringe, S.G. Different threats, same response. Nat. Plants 7, 544–545 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00915-z
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