Gravity-Sensing Tissues for Gravitropism Are Required for “Anti-Gravitropic” Phenotypes of lzy Multiple Mutants in Arabidopsis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Amyloplast Sedimentation Leads to Directional Growth of the Primary Root
2.2. Lateral Branch Responses to Gravi-Stimulation in the lzy1;2;3 Mutant
2.3. Endodermal Cells are Required for the “Anti-Gravitropic” Phenotype in Shoots
2.4. Suppressor Screening of lzy2;3;4 in Primary Roots
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Materials and Growth Condition
4.2. Gene Nomenclature
4.3. Lugoal’s Staining
4.4. Shoot Inversion
4.5. GUS Staining
4.6. Data Visualization and Statistical Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kawamoto, N.; Kanbe, Y.; Nakamura, M.; Mori, A.; Terao Morita, M. Gravity-Sensing Tissues for Gravitropism Are Required for “Anti-Gravitropic” Phenotypes of lzy Multiple Mutants in Arabidopsis. Plants 2020, 9, 615. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050615
Kawamoto N, Kanbe Y, Nakamura M, Mori A, Terao Morita M. Gravity-Sensing Tissues for Gravitropism Are Required for “Anti-Gravitropic” Phenotypes of lzy Multiple Mutants in Arabidopsis. Plants. 2020; 9(5):615. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050615
Chicago/Turabian StyleKawamoto, Nozomi, Yuta Kanbe, Moritaka Nakamura, Akiko Mori, and Miyo Terao Morita. 2020. "Gravity-Sensing Tissues for Gravitropism Are Required for “Anti-Gravitropic” Phenotypes of lzy Multiple Mutants in Arabidopsis" Plants 9, no. 5: 615. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050615