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ReviewThe New phytologist2025

Reactive oxygen species act as signaling molecules to control root hair initiation and tip growth.

Megan E Gerber, Maleana G White, Gloria K Muday

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Review in The New phytologist, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The dynamin-related proteinFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Megan E GerberDepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3601-5207
Maleana G WhiteDepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9869-5688
Gloria K MudayDepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0377-4517

Funding

Redox Biology and Medicine Training ProgramT32GM149818 · NIGMS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Cristina Maria Furdui, LESLIE B POOLE · 2023 to 2026
$861k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM149818Wake Forest University, Center for Molecular SignalingWake Forest University, Pilot Research Grants
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Root hairs (RHs) increase the surface area of roots, facilitating nutrient and water uptake and plant anchorage. RHs form from root epidermal cells and elongate by polar tip growth. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have recently been implicated as important signals that drive RH formation and elongation using both genetic and imaging approaches. Localized changes in ROS levels in the RH tip are facilitated by hormone-mediated changes in the synthesis and activity of respiratory burst oxidase homologs and class III peroxidases. These findings broaden our understanding of the mechanisms controlling polar tip growth in plants that drive RH formation, which can inform the breeding and engineering of plants that thrive under drought and nutrient stress.

Indexed as

MeristemPlant RootsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionReactive Oxygen Speciesclass III peroxidasegene regulatory networkhormone signalingreactive oxygen speciesrespiratory burst oxidase homologroot hair

Identifiers

PMID40566844
PMCPMC12329188

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