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root hair initiation

The process in which a protrusion or bulge is formed at the site of plant root hair outgrowth. [GOC:jid, PMID:12468740]
National Institutes of Health

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root hair cell differentiation

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Highly Cited
2019
Highly Cited
2019
Arabidopsis ZINC FINGER PROTEIN1 Acts Downstream of GL2 to Repress Root Hair Initiation and Elongation by Directly Suppressing bHLH Genes[OPEN]
A C2H2-type zinc finger protein gene containing an EAR motif inhibits root hair initiation and elongation by suppressing the… 
2016
2016
The Density and Length of Root Hairs Are Enhanced in Response to Cadmium and Arsenic by Modulating Gene Expressions Involved in Fate Determination and Morphogenesis of Root Hairs in Arabidopsis
Root hairs are tubular outgrowths that originate from epidermal cells. Exposure of Arabidopsis to cadmium (Cd) and arsenic… 
Review
2015
Review
2015
Cell Fate Determination and the Switch from Diffuse Growth to Planar Polarity in Arabidopsis Root Epidermal Cells
Plant roots fulfill important functions as they serve in water and nutrient uptake, provide anchorage of the plant body in the… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Arabidopsis RopGEF4 and RopGEF10 are important for FERONIA-mediated developmental but not environmental regulation of root hair growth.
We investigated a genetic pathway in root hair development in Arabidopsis thaliana, involving the receptor-like kinase FERONIA… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Root hair development involves asymmetric cell division in Brachypodium distachyon and symmetric division in Oryza sativa.
• The root epidermis of most angiosperms comprises hair (H) cells and nonhair (N) cells. H cells are shorter than N cells in… 
2011
2011
High resolution imaging to assess oilseed species’ root hair responses to soil water stress
An imaging method was developed to evaluate crop species differences in root hair morphology using high resolution scanners, and… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Ethylene promotes the induction by auxin of the cortical microtubule randomization required for low-pH-induced root hair initiation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seedlings.
Transverse cortical microtubule (CMT) arrays in lettuce root epidermal cells randomize soon after a shift from pH 6.0 to pH 4.0… 
2003
2003
Randomization of cortical microtubules in root epidermal cells induces root hair initiation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seedlings.
Root hair formation is induced when lettuce seedlings are transferred from liquid medium at pH 6.0 to fresh medium at pH 4.0. If… 
2003
2003
Structural aspects of bulge formation during root hair initiation
Using light and electron microscopy, the early stages of root hair initiation were investigated under control conditions and in a… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Root hair initiation is coupled to a highly localized increase of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase action in Arabidopsis roots.
Root hairs are formed by two separate processes: initiation and subsequent tip growth. Root hair initiation is always accompanied… 
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