Researchers unravel the nuclearresponse to hyperosmotic stress inplants. Nuclear shrinking and stiffeningcorrelate with high expression levels oftouch response genes. The functionalanalysis of the GIP/MZT1 proteins revealsa role of nuclear envelope factors in thisresponse and may help us to betterunderstand how plants resist drought.

Source : Mechanical shielding in plant nuclei, R. Goswami, A. Asnacios, P. Milani, S. Graindorge, G. Houlné, J. Mutterer, O. Hamant,M.E. Chabouté. Current Biology (avril 2020)