Publications by authors named "Carolin Alfs"
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- Aluminum exposure halts root growth by activating a DNA damage response pathway, particularly involving the transcription factor SOG1, which leads to root cell death and differentiation.
- Transcriptomic studies have identified targets regulated by SOG1, revealing that the transcription factor ERF115 plays a crucial role in transitioning roots from active growth to terminal differentiation when exposed to aluminum.
- The research indicates that ERF115, along with similar proteins, is essential for the root's response to aluminum toxicity, highlighting a conserved mechanism across different plant species.
Access to inorganic phosphate (Pi), a principal intermediate of energy and nucleotide metabolism, profoundly affects cellular activities and plant performance. In most soils, antagonistic Pi-metal interactions restrict Pi bioavailability, which guides local root development to maximize Pi interception. Growing root tips scout the essential but immobile mineral nutrient; however, the mechanisms monitoring external Pi status are unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFestablishes tissue-specific intracellular infection structures in the earliest divergent land plant lineage.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
April 2018
The expansion of plants onto land was a formative event that brought forth profound changes to the earth's geochemistry and biota. Filamentous eukaryotic microbes developed the ability to colonize plant tissues early during the evolution of land plants, as demonstrated by intimate, symbiosis-like associations in >400 million-year-old fossils. However, the degree to which filamentous microbes establish pathogenic interactions with early divergent land plants is unclear.
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