37 citations
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March 2018 in “Trends in Plant Science” This review discusses the role of reactive oxygen species in regulating oscillating apoplastic pH gradients and growth in plant root hairs and pollen tubes, reporting no new experimental results.
8 citations
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July 2022 in “Frontiers in plant science” This review outlines the current understanding of how pH contributes to root hair development and reports no new experimental findings.
April 2026 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, CRISPR/Cas9-engineered Arabidopsis mutants revealed diverse functional differences among expansin proteins essential for root hair growth, highlighting variability in protein trafficking, cell wall binding, and evolutionary changes in critical residues affecting wall loosening.
56 citations
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February 2015 in “F1000 prime reports” This review outlines the factors controlling root hair growth in plants, emphasizing the coordinated roles of cellular and extracellular components, without reporting new experimental results.
28 citations
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December 2007 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study observed that root hair growth in Arabidopsis occurs episodically, with each growth period associated with external alkalization and internal acidification, suggesting a role for proton influx in facilitating polar growth.