Happy to share our latest paper together with the lab of Pengbo Liang. Here, we show that a formin protein mediates a polarity switch in root hairs that enables the switch from polar root hair growth and curling to the onset of membrane invagination and infection thread formation. Enjoy reading.
Qiao L, Sun H, Tang J, Hernández-Reyes C, Lace B, Knerr J, Schulze E, Lee T, Keller J, Libourel C, Yao J, Zhao F, Ni Y, Jia Y, Xu X, Yang G, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Grosse R, Tian C, Oldroyd GED, Delaux P-M, Ott T*, Liang P* (2026). Nanodomain-localized formin gates symbiotic microbial entry in legume and Solanaceous plants.
Science; 391 (6789): 1036-1045 (access link for the full text)
