The identification of two receptors for salicylic acid reveals how the hormone controls cell death and survival during plant immune responses, in tissues close to and distant from the site of infection. See Letter p.228
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Gust, A., Nürnberger, T. A life or death switch. Nature 486, 198–199 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/486198a
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