Functional divergence of plant expansins as revealed by genetic complementation of root-hair tip growth in Arabidopsis thaliana
Ke Zhou, Nathan K. Hepler, Moyan Jia, Daniel J. Cosgrove
The paper uses genetic complementation in Arabidopsis to show functional differences among expansin families and clades during root-hair tip growth.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Sep 23, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology