SPX1 is an important component in the phosphorus signalling network of common bean regulating root growth and phosphorus homeostasis.
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SUBMITTER: Yao ZF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4071846 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
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SPX1 is an important component in the phosphorus signalling network of common bean regulating root growth and phosphorus homeostasis.
Yao Zhu-Fang ZF Liang Cui-Yue CY Zhang Qing Q Chen Zhi-Jian ZJ Xiao Bi-Xian BX Tian Jiang J Liao Hong H
Journal of experimental botany 20140430 12
Proteins containing the SPX domain are believed to play vital roles in the phosphorus (P) signalling network in plants. However, the functions of SPX proteins in legumes remain largely unknown. In this study, three SPX members, PvSPX1-PvSPX3 were cloned from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). It was found that the transcripts of all three PvSPX members were significantly enhanced in both bean leaves and roots by phosphate (Pi) starvation. Among them, the expression of nuclear localized PvSPX1 ...[more]
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