Plant Biology: New Insight into How Roots 'Mask Up'

Mariela I Monteoliva; Laura E Bartley

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.083

Plant Biology: New Insight into How Roots 'Mask Up'

Curr Biol. 2021 Mar 8;31(5):R263-R265. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.083.

Authors

Mariela I Monteoliva¹, Laura E Bartley²

Affiliations

¹ Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA; Instituto de Fisiologia y Recursos Geneticos Vegetales - Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (IFRGV-UDEA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA - CONICET), Cordoba, Argentina. Electronic address: monteoliva.mariela@inta.gob.ar.
² Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Electronic address: Laura.bartley@wsu.edu.

PMID: 33689729
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.083

Abstract

Extra- and trans-cellular barriers are essential for root function under even mild stress. New research shows that establishing both the lignin and suberin barriers in the Arabidopsis endodermis requires phenylpropanoid biosynthesis by endodermal cells themselves.

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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis Proteins* / genetics
Arabidopsis* / genetics
Biology
Cell Wall
Plant Roots

Substances

Arabidopsis Proteins