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Insight into the early steps of root hair formation revealed by the procuste1 cellulose synthase mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana.
BMC plant biology - 16 May 2008
Singh Sunil K, Fischer Urs, Singh Manoj, Grebe Markus, Marchant Alan
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BACKGROUND: Formation of plant root hairs originating from epidermal cells involves selection of a polar initiation site and production of an initial hair bulge which requires local cell wall loosening. In Arabidopsis the polar initiation site is located towards the basal end of epidermal cells. However little is currently understood about the mechanism for the selection of the hair initiation site or the...
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