...' into biota. These structures, named root hairs (RHs) in plants and villi in mammals, numerously stretch into the environment, and extremely enlarge root and intestine surfaces. They are believed to forage for nutrients, and mediate their uptake. While the conceptional understanding of plant RH function...

... The Biochemical Society 2007 cell fate cell specification epidermal cell nutrient deficiency plant development plasticity root hair Roots provide the plant with water and nutrients, the supply of which varies both temporarily and spatially. To optimize soil exploration, plant roots show high...

... thaliana provides an easily accessible system for the functional dissection of a plant-specific planar polarity. Recently, mutants originally isolated in genetic screens for defects in root hair morphogenesis and changes in the sensitivity to or the production of the plant hormones auxin and ethylene have...