Casparian strip development and its potential function in salt tolerance

Tong Chen, Xia Cai, Xiaoqin Wu, Ichirou Karahara, Lucas Schreiber, Jinxing Lin

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Abstract

The root system is particularly affected by unfavorable conditions because it is in direct contact with the soil environment. Casparian strips, a specialized structure deposited in anticlinal walls, are characterized by the impregnation of the primary wall pores with lignin and suberin. The Casparian strips in the endo-and exodermis of vascular plant roots appear to play an important role in preventing the non-selective apoplastic bypass of salts into the stele along the apoplast under salt stress. However, only a few investigations have examined the deposition and function of these apoplastic barriers in response to salt stress in higher plants. © 2011 Landes Bioscience.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1499-1502
Number of pages4
JournalPlant Signaling and Behavior
Volume6
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

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