Fischer, Urs
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
The co-ordinated polarity of cells within the plane of a single tissue layer (planar polarity) is intensively studied in animal epithelia but has only recently been systematically analysed in plants. The polar positioning of hairs in the root epidermis of Arabidopsis tholionor provides an easily accessible system for the functional dissection of a plant-specific planar polarity. Recently, mutants originally isolated in genetic screens for defects in root hair morphogenesis and changes in the sensitivity to or the production of the plant hormones auxin and ethylene have identified players that contribute to polar root hair placement. Here, we summarize and discuss recent progress in research on polar root hair positioning from studies in Arobidopsis.
Keywords
Arabidopsis; auxin; co-ordinate polarity; ethylene; planar polarity; root hair
Published in
Biochemical Society Transactions
2007, volume: 35, number: 1, pages: 149-151
SLU Authors
Ikeda, Yoshihisa
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Grebe, Markus
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Developmental Biology
Botany
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0350149
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/14111