Runaway transcription makes plants sensitive to heat stress
The Plant Cell: In a Nutshell
Kim et al. investigate the role of a heat shock protein in thermotolerance.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac351
By Minsoo Kim and Elizabeth Vierling at UMass Amherst
Background: Plants can survive heat stress by producing heat shock proteins (HSPs) that protect and rescue other proteins.…