• PIP aquaporin pH sensing is regulated by the length and charge of the C-terminal region 

      Scochera, Florencia; Zerbetto De Palma, Gerardo; Canessa Fortuna, Agustina; Chevriau, Jonathan; Toriano, Roxana; Soto, Gabriela Cynthia; Zeida, Ari; Alleva, Karina Edith (Wiley, 2021-07)
      Plant PIP aquaporins play a central role in controlling plant water status. The current structural model for PIP pH-gating states that the main pH sensor is located in loopD and that all the mobile cytosolic elements ...
    • Transcript and metabolic adjustments triggered by drought in Ilex paraguariensis leaves 

      Acevedo, Raúl Maximiliano; Avico, Edgardo H.; Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto; Rodrigues Salvador, Acácio; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Nunes Nesi, Adriano; Ruiz, Oscar Adolfo; Sansberro, Pedro Alfonso (Springer, 2019-08)
      Ilex paraguariensis (yerba mate) is cultivated in the subtropical region of South America, where the occurrence of drought episodes limit yield. To explore the mechanisms that allow I. paraguariensis to overcome dehydration, ...