title: Root development: cytokinin transport matters, too!
abstract: Unlike the plant hormone auxin, the mechanism and function of cytokinin transport is poorly characterised. Two new studies now demonstrate that cytokinins transported from shoot to roots via the phloem are critical for creating mutually exclusive auxin and cytokinin signalling domains that control root vascular patterning.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, LE12 5RD, UK.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muraro
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Malcolm J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D003583:Cytokinins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D018519:Meristem / Q000378:metabolism*; D052585:Phloem / Q000378:metabolism*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D003583:Cytokinins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators