Cell Research
This journal publishes original research results that are of unusual significance or broad conceptual or technical advances in all areas of life sciences, as long as the study is closely related to molecular and cell biology.
The first alumminum ion receptor in living organisms
How living organisms perceive and transduce signals is a fundamental question in life sciences. Particularly, the ability to sense and discriminatively respond to nutrient and toxic ions is crucial for survival of all organisms, which is especially true for non-motile plants.