title: Arabidopsis lateral root development: an emerging story.
abstract: Lateral root formation is a major determinant of root systems architecture. The degree of root branching impacts the efficiency of water uptake, acquisition of nutrients and anchorage by plants. Understanding the regulation of lateral root development is therefore of vital agronomic importance. The molecular and cellular basis of lateral root formation has been most extensively studied in the plant model Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). Significant progress has recently been made in identifying many new Arabidopsis genes that regulate lateral root initiation, patterning and emergence processes. We review how these studies have revealed that the plant hormone auxin represents a common signal that integrates these distinct yet interconnected developmental processes.
authors: Plant Sciences Division and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, UK. malcolm.bennett@nottingham.ac.uk
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Péret
authors: Bert
authors: B
authors: De Rybel
authors: Ilda
authors: I
authors: Casimiro
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Benková
authors: Ranjan
authors: R
authors: Swarup
authors: Laurent
authors: L
authors: Laplaze
authors: Tom
authors: T
authors: Beeckman
authors: Malcolm J
authors: MJ
authors: Bennett
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D019521:Body Patterning; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D052584:Xylem / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D007210:Indoleacetic Acids