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@plantcellphysiol.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:01 PM

It's as easy as ABC...and G!

Kanazawa et al report how specialized metabolites in the #liverwort #Marchantia are synthesized & sequestered in oil bodies - a process involving ABCG transporters

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Schematic model of the proposed biosynthetic pathways for sesquiterpenoid and marchantin accumulation in the oil bodies of M. polymorpha.
Image taken from figure 6 of article by Takehiko Kanazawa, Tomoko Kawaguchi, Yuta Moriwaki, Kan-ichi Iwasaki, Takashi Ueda, Kenji Matsui, ABCG transporters are involved in the accumulation of specialized metabolites in the oil bodies of Marchantia polymorpha, Plant and Cell Physiology, Volume 67, Issue 8, August 2026, Pages 1442–1454, https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcag069

@wilde-eep.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 8:04 PM

Bazzania trilobata doing its best topiary impression.

#liverwort #bazzania #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Photo of the trunk of an oak tree clad in voluminous mounds of liverwort. Polypody ferns scattered here and there. Almost everything is green.

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