Temperature sensing: A potassium channel as cold sensor in the rain tree Samanea saman.

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Electrical Signaling in Plants (ESP) Laboratory, Centro de Bioinformática y Simulación Molecular (CBSM), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Talca, 2 Norte 685, Talca CL-3460000, Chile; Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias mención Modelado de Sistemas Químicos y Biológicos, Universidad de Talc

Published: December 2023


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Article Abstract

The rain tree Samanea saman folds its leaves upon rainfall. New results now indicate that rain perception is in fact a temperature-sensing process, and that Samanea possess an ion channel with a strong temperature sensitivity that is involved in leaf movement.

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