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TRH1 encodes a potassium transporter required for tip growth in Arabidopsis root hairs.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2001
Rigas S, Debrosses G, Haralampidis K, Vicente-Agullo F, Feldmann K A, Grabov A, Dolan L, Hatzopoulos P
Abstract excerpt
Root hair initiation involves the formation of a bulge at the basal end of the trichoblast by localized diffuse growth. Tip growth occurs subsequently at this initiation site and is accompanied by the establishment of a polarized cytoplasmic organization. Arabidopsis plants homozygous for a complete loss-of-function tiny root hair 1 (trh1) mutation were generated by means of the T-DNA-tagging method. Trichoblasts...
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