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Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae

Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae

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Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae

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Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae

Publisher

Basel: MDPI AG

Journal title

Plants (Basel), 2019-09, Vol.8 (10), p.367

Language

English

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Basel: MDPI AG

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Contents

Highly evolved carnivorous plants secrete digestive enzymes for degradation of trapped animals and absorb whole macromolecules from their prey by means of endocytosis. (1) Background: In the pitcher-plant family Sarraceniaceae, the production of enzymes is dubious and no evidence for endocytosis is known so far. (2) Methods: Heliamphora nutans, Dar...

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Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_9fa4494a8f3d47e0b04abe69468dcf9f

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_9fa4494a8f3d47e0b04abe69468dcf9f

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ISSN

2223-7747

E-ISSN

2223-7747

DOI

10.3390/plants8100367

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