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Plants and microgravity: Patterns of microgravity effects at the cellular and molecular levels

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The article discusses the effects of real and simulated microgravity on certain cell components and processes, using, among others, the recently received new data. A substantial importance is given to the effect of microgravity on the state of cytoplasmic membrane, transcriptome and proteome, cell wall, and Ca2+-signaling in plant cells that are not specialized for the perception of gravity. The authors underline the exceptional significance of data about the organ-specific reactions of transcriptome and proteome to spaceflight conditions, which suggest novel integrated approaches to the solution of basic and applied problems in plant space biology.

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Kordyum, E.L., Chapman, D.K. Plants and microgravity: Patterns of microgravity effects at the cellular and molecular levels. Cytol. Genet. 51, 108–116 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0095452717020049

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