"Plant Roots" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The usually underground portions of a plant that serve as support, store food, and through which water and mineral nutrients enter the plant. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 1982; Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
| Descriptor ID |
D018517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Plant Roots- Plant Roots
- Plant Root
- Root, Plant
- Roots, Plant
Plant Bulbs- Plant Bulbs
- Bulb, Plant
- Bulbs, Plant
- Plant Bulb
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Roots" by people in Profiles.
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Serendipita Fungi Modulate the Switchgrass Root Transcriptome to Circumvent Host Defenses and Establish a Symbiotic Relationship. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2021 Oct; 34(10):1128-1142.
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Spatial and temporal localization of SPIRRIG and WAVE/SCAR reveal roles for these proteins in actin-mediated root hair development. Plant Cell. 2021 08 13; 33(7):2131-2148.
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Microfabrication of a Chamber for High-Resolution, In Situ Imaging of the Whole Root for Plant-Microbe Interactions. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jul 23; 22(15).
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A multiple ion-uptake phenotyping platform reveals shared mechanisms affecting nutrient uptake by roots. Plant Physiol. 2021 04 02; 185(3):781-795.
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Plant Biology: New Insight into How Roots 'Mask Up'. Curr Biol. 2021 03 08; 31(5):R263-R265.
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Single-nucleus RNA and ATAC sequencing reveals the impact of chromatin accessibility on gene expression in Arabidopsis roots at the single-cell level. Mol Plant. 2021 03 01; 14(3):372-383.
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Isolation of Plant Root Nuclei for Single Cell RNA Sequencing. Curr Protoc Plant Biol. 2020 12; 5(4):e20120.
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Genome-wide association analysis of salinity responsive traits in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell Environ. 2019 05; 42(5):1513-1531.
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Differential carbon allocation to nitrogen-rich patches in Poa annua precedes root proliferation but has no immediate benefit to N uptake. J Plant Physiol. 2019 Mar - Apr; 234-235:54-59.
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Enhancing Phenotyping and Molecular Analysis of Plant Root System Using Ultrasound Aeroponic Technology. Curr Protoc Plant Biol. 2018 12; 3(4):e20078.