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Nitrate signalling: Calcium bridges the nitrate gap

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The nitrate signalling pathway now has a backbone. CPK calcium-dependent kinases are the long-awaited molecular link between major players in this pathway, the membrane-located nitrate transceptor NRT1.1 and the NLP transcription factors.

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Figure 1: CPKs fill the gap between calcium waves triggered by nitrate transceptor NRT1.1 and the central transcription factors NLP7/6, which control nitrate responses.

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Krouk, G. Nitrate signalling: Calcium bridges the nitrate gap. Nature Plants 3, 17095 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.95

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