Publications by authors named "Yukio Nakao"
Article Synopsis
- Polar auxin transport is essential for plant growth, with PIN-FORMED (PIN) carriers controlling how auxin moves within the plant to influence its development.
- Researchers investigated how auxin affects the movement of PIN proteins and discovered that a compound called pinstatic acid (PISA) enhances this transport in Arabidopsis, impacting growth features like hypocotyl elongation and root formation.
- PISA works by increasing the levels of PIN proteins on the cell surface without activating certain signaling pathways, providing a new tool to explore auxin transport mechanisms further.
