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Cellular and molecular bases of lateral root initiation and morphogenesis

Héctor H Torres-Martínez1, Selene Napsucialy-Mendivil1, Joseph G Dubrovsky1

  • 1Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, Mexico.

Current Opinion in Plant Biology
|November 6, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Plant root system development relies on lateral root initiation, a complex, auxin-driven process involving pericycle cell recruitment and primordium morphogenesis. This review examines the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving these essential plant growth steps.

Keywords:
Asymmetric cell divisionAuxinCell cycleCell division competenceCell identityCell patterningCell proliferationCell recruitmentClonal analysisFormative divisionFounder cellHormonesIn silico simulationsLateral inhibitionLateral rootLateral root initiationLateral root primordiumModelsMolecular mechanismsMorphogenesisPericycleRoot developmentRoot initiationRoot systemTime-lapse studiesTiming

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