A transcription factor with a bHLH domain regulates root hair development in rice

• Published in: Cell research Vol. 19; no. 11; pp. 1309 - 1311
• Main Authors: Ding, Wona, Yu, Zhiming, Tong, Yanli, Huang, Wei, Chen, Hanmin, Wu, Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2009; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors - genetics; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors - metabolism; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cell Biology; Cryoelectron Microscopy; letter-to-the-editor; Life Sciences; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Organ Specificity; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - growth & development; Plant Epidermis - genetics; Plant Epidermis - metabolism; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plant Roots - growth & development; Plant Roots - metabolism; Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified - metabolism; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs - physiology; 微生物; 植物细胞分化; 表皮细胞; 转录因子
• ISSN: 1001-0602; 1748-7838
• DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.109

In plants, root hairs are important organs for the up- take of nutrients and water from the rhizosphere and serve as sites of interaction with soil microorganisms [ 1]. A root hair grows as an extension of a single epidermal cell and is a simple system, making it an elegant model for studying higher plant cell differentiation and cell fate determination.