IPT9, a cis-zeatin cytokinin biosynthesis gene, promotes root growth
I. Antoniadi, E. Mateo-Bonmati, M. Pernisova, F. Brunoni, M. Antoniadi, M. G.-A. Villalonga, A. Ament, M. Karady, C. Turnbull, K. Dolezal, A. Pencik, K. Ljung, O. Novak
The paper investigates the role of IPT9 in cytokinin biosynthesis and its impact on root growth, finding that IPT9 affects auxin homeostasis and contributes to a short-root phenotype despite reduced cis-zeatin levels.
bioRxiv · May 3, 2022Plant Biology