We identified the auxin transport-dependent molecular framework that underpins the setting, maintenance and regulation of non-vertical growth patterns in lateral roots of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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This is a summary of: Roychoudhry, S. et al. Antigravitropic PIN polarization maintains non-vertical growth in lateral roots. Nat. Plants https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01478-x (2023).
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PIN phospho-regulation drives gravity-dependent non-vertical growth in Arabidopsis roots. Nat. Plants 9, 1383–1384 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01479-w
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