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The RNA Polymerase-Associated Factor 1 Complex Is Required for Plant Touch Responses.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2017
Jensen Gregory S, Fal Kateryna, Hamant Olivier, Haswell Elizabeth S
Abstract excerpt
Thigmomorphogenesis is a stereotypical developmental alteration in the plant body plan that can be induced by repeatedly touching plant organs. To unravel how plants sense and record multiple touch stimuli we performed a novel forward genetic screen based on the development of a shorter stem in response to repetitive touch. The touch insensitive (ths1) mutant identified in this screen is defective in some aspects...
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