title: Plant biologists FRET over stress.
abstract: Two independent research labs have developed fluorescent biosensors to report the levels of the stress hormone, abscisic acid, within cells in living plants in real-time.
authors.affiliation: Won-Gyu Choi is in the Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States.
authors.forename: Won-Gyu
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gilroy
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000032:analysis*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry*; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D000040:Abscisic Acid
keywords: FRET-based reporter; abscisic acid; biosensors; plant hormone
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