Cryptic variation in RNA-directed DNA-methylation controls lateral root development when auxin signalling is perturbed

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 218 - 11
• Main Authors: Shahzad, Zaigham, Eaglesfield, Ross, Carr, Craig, Amtmann, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.01.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 38/23; 38/77; 45/43; 631/208/176/1988; 631/449/1870; 631/449/2653/1359; 96/35; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis - metabolism; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins - metabolism; Back up systems; Biodegradation; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Developmental plasticity; DNA; DNA Methylation; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant - drug effects; Gene silencing; Genetic diversity; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indoleacetic Acids - metabolism; Indoleacetic Acids - pharmacology; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - genetics; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - metabolism; Methylation; multidisciplinary; Organogenesis; Organogenesis, Plant - drug effects; Perturbation; Plant Development - drug effects; Plant Growth Regulators - genetics; Plant Growth Regulators - metabolism; Plant roots; Plant Roots - cytology; Plant Roots - growth & development; Plastic properties; Plasticity; Post-translation; Primordia; Proteolysis; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA - metabolism; Robustness; Root development; Roots; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Signal transduction; Signal Transduction - drug effects; Signaling

Maintaining the right balance between plasticity and robustness in biological systems is important to allow adaptation while maintaining essential functions. Developmental plasticity of plant root systems has been the subject of intensive research, but the mechanisms underpinning robustness remain u...