Programmable Ligand Detection System in Plants through a Synthetic Signal Transduction Pathway

Mauricio S. Antunes; Kevin J. Morey; J. Jeff Smith; Kirk D. Albrecht; Tessa A. Bowen; Jeffrey K. Zdunek; Jared F. Troupe; Matthew J. Cuneo; Colleen T. Webb; Homme W. Hellinga; June I. Medford

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016292

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Programmable Ligand Detection System in Plants through a Synthetic Signal Transduction Pathway

Mauricio S. Antunes ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mauricio S. Antunes, Kevin J. Morey

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Kevin J. Morey ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mauricio S. Antunes, Kevin J. Morey

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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J. Jeff Smith,

Current address: Precision BioSciences, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Kirk D. Albrecht,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Tessa A. Bowen,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Jeffrey K. Zdunek,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Jared F. Troupe,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Matthew J. Cuneo,

Current address: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Colleen T. Webb,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Homme W. Hellinga,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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June I. Medford

* E-mail: June.Medford@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Programmable Ligand Detection System in Plants through a Synthetic Signal Transduction Pathway

Mauricio S. Antunes,
Kevin J. Morey,
J. Jeff Smith,
Kirk D. Albrecht,
Tessa A. Bowen,
Jeffrey K. Zdunek,
Jared F. Troupe,
Matthew J. Cuneo,
Colleen T. Webb,
Homme W. Hellinga

Published: January 25, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016292

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Application to locate Landmines?

Posted by AndyGee on 14 Feb 2011 at 23:39 GMT

I hope my comment is appropriate here. I just heard your Interview on CBC Radio. I was wondering if your findings could be applied in aiding detection and locating of landmines. Could the plants be seeded over a large mined area and display the location of explosives in the ground?

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