Arabidopsis Villin4 Is Involved in Root Hair Growth Through Regulating Actin Organization in a Ca2+-Dependent Manner

January 2011 in “ New Phytologist ”

Yi Zhang, Yingyu Xiao, Fei Du … Haiyun Ren

Studysummary This study demonstrated that AtVLN4 plays a role in root hair growth by regulating actin organization in a calcium-dependent manner.

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