title: Carnivorous plants: trapping, digesting and absorbing all in one.
abstract: The Venus flytrap digests and absorbs its prey, but how does it coordinate digestion and absorption to maximise the efficiency of this highly evolved mechanism? A new study that combines direct recordings from cells within the trap along with molecular characterization of nutrient transport reveals a complex and coordinated suite of mechanisms that underlie this elegant process.
authors.affiliation: Director, Marine Biological Association of the UK, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK. Electronic address: cbr@MBA.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brownlee
mesh_terms: D064751:Ammonium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D031257:Droseraceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D064751:Ammonium Compounds; D007473:Ion Channels