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Tonoplast Aquaporins Facilitate Lateral Root Emergence.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2016
Reinhardt Hagen, Hachez Charles, Bienert Manuela Désirée, Beebo Azeez, Swarup Kamal, Voß Ute, Bouhidel Karim, Frigerio Lorenzo, Schjoerring Jan K, Bennett Malcolm J, Chaumont Francois
Abstract excerpt
Aquaporins (AQPs) are water channels allowing fast and passive diffusion of water across cell membranes. It was hypothesized that AQPs contribute to cell elongation processes by allowing water influx across the plasma membrane and the tonoplast to maintain adequate turgor pressure. Here, we report that, in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the highly abundant tonoplast AQP isoforms AtTIP1;1, AtTIP1;2, and...
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