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ArticleNature communications2024

A root cap-localized NAC transcription factor controls root halotropic response to salt stress in Arabidopsis.

Lulu Zheng, Yongfeng Hu, Tianzhao Yang, Zhen Wang, Daoyuan Wang, Letian Jia, Yuanming Xie, Long Luo, Weicong Qi, Yuanda Lv and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Lulu ZhengSanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0009-0006-0488-620X
Yongfeng HuKey Laboratory of Three Gorges Regional Plant Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
Tianzhao YangNational Engineering Laboratory of Crop Stress Resistence Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China.
Zhen WangSanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Daoyuan WangSanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Letian JiaSanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yuanming XieSanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0009-0007-5798-7407
Long LuoNational Engineering Laboratory of Crop Stress Resistence Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China.
Weicong QiExcellence and Innovation Center, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.
Yuanda LvExcellence and Innovation Center, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6640-5989
Tom BeeckmanDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8656-2060
Wei XuanSanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. wexua@njau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4859-2637
Yi HanNational Engineering Laboratory of Crop Stress Resistence Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China. yi.han@ahau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4424-1485

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants are capable of altering root growth direction to curtail exposure to a saline environment (termed halotropism). The root cap that surrounds root tip meristematic stem cells plays crucial roles in perceiving and responding to environmental stimuli. However, how the root cap mediates root halotropism remains undetermined. Here, we identified a root cap-localized NAC transcription factor, SOMBRERO (SMB), that is required for root halotropism. Its effect on root halotropism is attributable to the establishment of asymmetric auxin distribution in the lateral root cap (LRC) rather than to the alteration of cellular sodium equilibrium or amyloplast statoliths. Furthermore, SMB is essential for basal expression of the auxin influx carrier gene AUX1 in LRC and for auxin redistribution in a spatiotemporally-regulated manner, thereby leading to directional bending of roots away from higher salinity. Our findings uncover an SMB-AUX1-auxin module linking the role of the root cap to the activation of root halotropism.

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ArabidopsisTranscription FactorsGene Expression RegulationIndoleacetic AcidsSalt StressIndoleacetic AcidsTranscription Factors

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