FASCICLIN-LIKE 18 Is a New Player Regulating Root Elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

ABSTRACT: The plasticity of root development represents a key trait that enables plants to adapt to diverse environmental cues. The pattern of cell wall deposition, alongside other parameters, affects the extent, and direction of root growth. In this study, we report that FASCICLIN-LIKE ARABINOGALACTAN PROTEIN 18 (FLA18) plays a role during root elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Using root-specific co-expression analysis, we identified FLA18 to be co-expressed with a sub-set of genes required for root elongation. FLA18 encodes for a putative extra-cellular arabinogalactan protein from the FLA-gene family. Two independent T-DNA insertion lines, named fla18-1 and fla18-2, display short and swollen lateral roots (LRs) when grown on sensitizing condition of hi

SUBMITTER: Allelign Ashagre H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058476 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature