IPT9, a cis-zeatin cytokinin biosynthesis gene, promotes root growth
I. Antoniadi, E. Mateo-Bonmati, M. Pernisova…·O. Novak
The paper investigates the role of IPT9 in cytokinin biosynthesis and its impact on root growth, finding that IPT9 affects auxin homeostasis and contributes to a short-root phenotype despite reduced cis-zeatin levels.