Record ID No. |
1855 |
Author(s) |
Desnos T , 2008 |
Affiliation |
CEA Cadarache, SBVME, Lab Biol Dev Plantes, F-13108 St Paul Les Durance, FRANCE |
Title |
Root branching responses to phosphate and nitrate |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Current Opinion in Plant Biology.11(1):82-87p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Biochemistry |
Sub-subjects |
Miscellaneous |
Organism |
n.a. |
Country |
FRANCE, Europe |
Abstracts |
Plant roots favour colonization of nutrient-rich zones in soil. Molecular genetic
evidences demonstrate that roots sense and respond to local and global concentrations of
inorganic phosphate and nitrate, in a fashion that depends on the shoot nutrient status. Recent
investigations in Arabidopsis highlighted the role of the root tip in phosphate sensing and
attributed to already known proteins (multicopper oxidases and nitrate transporters) new and
unexpected functions in the root growth response to phosphate or nitrate. |