On March 26, Prof. Li Jia’s research group from the School of Life Sciences at Lanzhou University(LZU) published a research paper in Nature Communications, entitled “Defects in the cell wall and its deposition caused by loss-of-function of three RLKs alter root hydrotropism in Arabidopsis thaliana”, in which the group discovered for the first time that a group of receptor-like kinases (including ARH1, FEI1, FEI2) negatively regulate root hydrotropism by modulating the cell wall, cutin, and wax synthesis in plant root tips.
Dr. Chang Jinke is the first author of the paper and Prof. Li Jia is the corresponding author. Doctoral students Shen Juan, Hu Jun, and Wu Liangfan as well as Zhang Xueyao, an experimentalist, are co-authors. Dr. Li Xiaopeng from the School of Life Sciences at Guangzhou University(GU) also participated in the research. The research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and LZU.
