A viscoelastic deadly fluid in carnivorous pitcher plants.
<h4>Background</h4>The carnivorous plants of the genus Nepenthes, widely distributed in the Asian tropics, rely mostly on nutrients derived from arthropods trapped in their pitcher-shaped leaves and digested by their enzymatic fluid. The genus exhibits a great diversity of prey and pitch...
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Auteurs principaux: | Laurence Gaume, Yoel Forterre |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007
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