Pulling the tablecloth out from under essential metabolism

Pulling the tablecloth out from under essential metabolism 06/27/2017 03:33 PM EDT Most organisms share the biosynthetic pathways for making crucial nutrients because it is dangerous to tinker with them. But now a collaborative team of scientists has caught plants in the process of altering where and how cells make an essential amino acid. Full story at https://source.wustl.edu/2017/06/pulling-tablecloth-essential-metabolism/ Source Washington University in St. Louis This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111