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Cover picture: Candidate osmosensing mechanisms in plant cells include the activation of histidine kinases by osmotic imbalance across the plasma membrane (left), the opening of mechanosensitive ion channels in response to membrane tension or bending (middle), and the regulation of receptor-like kinases via extracellular domains capable of sensing changes in cell wall integrity (right). (See Perspective by Haswell and Verslues on osmosensing in plants, 389–394, in the Perspective Series on the cellular response to osmotic challenge.)
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Generally Physiological
Commentary
Perspective
Cell volume control in three dimensions: Water movement without solute movement
The ongoing search for the molecular basis of plant osmosensing
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