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  2. Taxis - Wikipedia

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    A taxis (from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis) 'arrangement, order'; [1] pl.: taxes / ˈ t æ k s iː z /) [2] [3] [4] is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioural responses.

  3. Phototaxis - Wikipedia

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    The lipid globules contain a complex mixture of carotenoid pigments, which provide the screening function and the orange-red colour, [40] as well as proteins that stabilize the globules. [41] The stigma is located laterally, in a fixed plane relative to the cilia, but not directly adjacent to the basal bodies.

  4. Chemotaxis - Wikipedia

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    Chemotaxis (from chemo-+ taxis) is the movement of an organism or entity in response to a chemical stimulus. [1] Somatic cells , bacteria , and other single-cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment.

  5. Transcription activator-like effector - Wikipedia

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    When injected into plants, these proteins can enter the nucleus of the plant cell, bind plant promoter sequences, and activate transcription of plant genes that aid in bacterial infection. [7] Plants have developed a defense mechanism against type III effectors that includes R (resistance) genes triggered by these effectors.

  6. Biochemical cascade - Wikipedia

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    These proteins after phosphorylation become activated and allow binding of others enzymes that continue the biochemical cascade. [4] [44] [45] [46] One example of a protein that binds to adaptor proteins and become activated is PLC that is very important in the lymphocyte signal pathways.

  7. Fixed action pattern - Wikipedia

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    "Fixed action pattern" is an ethological term describing an instinctive behavioral sequence that is highly stereotyped and species-characteristic. [1] Fixed action patterns are said to be produced by the innate releasing mechanism, a "hard-wired" neural network, in response to a sign/key stimulus or releaser.

  8. Chitin - Wikipedia

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    Plants also have receptors that can cause a response to chitin, namely chitin elicitor receptor kinase 1 and chitin elicitor-binding protein. [19] The first chitin receptor was cloned in 2006. [ 20 ] When the receptors are activated by chitin, genes related to plant defense are expressed, and jasmonate hormones are activated, which in turn ...

  9. Two-component regulatory system - Wikipedia

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    Two-component systems accomplish signal transduction through the phosphorylation of a response regulator (RR) by a histidine kinase (HK). Histidine kinases are typically homodimeric transmembrane proteins containing a histidine phosphotransfer domain and an ATP binding domain, though there are reported examples of histidine kinases in the atypical HWE and HisKA2 families that are not ...