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SUBMITTER: Huang G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995806 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180611 1
Root angle has a major impact on acquisition of nutrients like phosphate that accumulate in topsoil and in many species; low phosphate induces shallower root growth as an adaptive response. Identifying genes and mechanisms controlling root angle is therefore of paramount importance to plant breeding. Here we show that the actin-binding protein Rice Morphology Determinant (RMD) controls root growth angle by linking actin filaments and gravity-sensing organelles termed statoliths. RMD is upregulat ...[more]