<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/link-2024-07-discovering-proteins-which-control-life-and-death-processes-in-plants.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Discovering how plants make life-and-death decisions</title><description>Researchers in the Brandizzi lab have discovered two proteins that work in tandem to control an important response to cell stress</description><pubDate>07/31/2024</pubDate><image><img src="/news/2024/2024-07-plating.jpg" alt="Dozens of small, greenish-brown seeds are suspended in liquid in the conical tip of small vial held by a hand wearing a purple glove."/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://prl.natsci.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/2024-07-discovering-proteins-which-control-life-and-death-processes-in-plants.aspx</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Plant Sciences</categories><broadcast>plantbiology</broadcast></item>