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Signaling role of action potential in higher plants

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The signaling role of action potential (AP) in higher plants is considered. The principles underlying realization of this role and the significance of AP-induced short-term effector response are discussed. The notion is put forward that the effect of propagating AP on plant cells is similar to nonspecific component of the cell functional response to external stimuli.

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AP:

action potential (potentials)

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Original Russian Text © S.S. Pyatygin, V.A. Opritov, V.A. Vodeneev, 2008, published in Fiziologiya Rastenii, 2008, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 312–319.

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Pyatygin, S.S., Opritov, V.A. & Vodeneev, V.A. Signaling role of action potential in higher plants. Russ J Plant Physiol 55, 285–291 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443708020179

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