Congratulations to Giulia Arsuffi, 2015 cohort PhD student in the BBSRC DTP Programme, for publishing the paper ‘Acid growth: an ongoing trip’ in Journal of Experimental Botany.
AbstractSince its first formulation almost 50 years ago, acid growth has had a chequered past complicated by utilization of diverse species and organs for testing alongside necessary but coarse methodology. Within the past 25 years, we have gained new insights into the molecular mechanisms behind the transduction of the signal auxin into the reality of an apoplastic pH shift as well as the effect on cell wall mechanics and the biochemical players within the wall contributing to the resultant growth. In this review, we begin by discussing the historical work and its complications, move on to the modern work and its addition to acid growth, which we finally summarize in an updated model which includes new postulations and questions. |
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Giulia’s project is funded by the BBSRC and it focuses on the evolutionary role of the cell wall in plant development and biotic interactions. Giulia studies the model liverworts Marchantia polymorpha, Marchantia paleacea and Lunularia cruciata. In addition to the ever-growing number of molecular tools available in liverworts, the genome of M. polymorpha has just been released, so this promises to be a very exciting time for researching early land plants.
