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A pHantastic ammonium response

Nature Plants volume 6, pages 1080–1081 (2020)Cite this article

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Plant roots have to orchestrate their growth pattern to access available nutrients. Root architecture is governed by auxin that locally steers growth and development of lateral roots, thereby increasing the uptake capacity. A new mechanism for ammonium acquisition by influencing cellular auxin import has been defined.

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Fig. 1: Schematic presentation of the mechanism underlying ammonium-induced lateral root emergence, as demonstrated by Meier et al.2.

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  1. Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Hans Motte & Tom Beeckman

  2. VIB-UGent for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium

    Hans Motte & Tom Beeckman

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Motte, H., Beeckman, T. A pHantastic ammonium response. Nat. Plants 6, 1080–1081 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00765-1

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