WAT1 (WALLS ARE THIN1) defines a novel auxin transporter in plants and integrates auxin signaling in secondary wall formation in Arabidopsis fibers
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Background Our knowledge of signaling mechanisms involved in secondary cell wall (SCW) formation is quite limited. To discover novel markers of SCW, a genomics approach using Zinnia elegans xylogenic cultures was undertaken that identified hundreds of gene candidates expressed at the onset of secondary wall formation [1]. Arabidopsis homologs and the corresponding T-DNA mutants for each Zinnia gene were identified and the panel of Arabidopsis cell wall mutants was subjected to developmental and wall-related phenotyping.
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