The TWiPlets solve the sad case of the Boy Who Went Swimming, and explain why the tomato is resistant to the plant parasite Cuscuta.
TWiP 77: Mixed messages
- September 19, 2014
- Tagged as: Arabidopsis, Cuscuta, dodder, fungus, haustoria, parasite, parasitism, plant, tomato
Vincent and Dickson discuss the exchange of messenger RNAs between a parasitic plant and its hosts.