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To investigate the significance of autophagy, the researchers developed a mutant Arabidopsis (thale cress) plant in which it's autophagy was disabled which is shown on the right. With an enzyme from fire flies the researchers made it possible to distinguish the normal plant from the plant with it's autophagy function disabled. The plant to the right hos fewer light areas and thereby fewer potential places to grow new roots with it's autophagy function turned off.
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Eleazar Rodriguez, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.
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