title: Casparian strip development and its potential function in salt tolerance.
abstract: The root system is particularly affected by unfavourable conditions because it is in direct contact with the soil environment. Casparian strips, a specialised structure deposited in anticlinal walls, are characterised by the impregnation of the primary wall pores with lignin and suberin. The Casparian strips in the endo- and exodermis of vascular plant roots appear to play an important role in preventing the non-selective apoplastic bypass of salts into the stele along the apoplast under salt stress. However, only a few investigations have examined the deposition and function of these apoplastic barriers in response to salt stress in higher plants.
authors: Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Molecular Environmental Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors: Tong
authors: T
authors: Chen
authors: Xia
authors: X
authors: Cai
authors: Xiaoqin
authors: X
authors: Wu
authors: Ichirou
authors: I
authors: Karahara
authors: Lucas
authors: L
authors: Schreiber
authors: Jinxing
authors: J
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D055049:Salt Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*