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How to establish a GAPLESS Casparian strip

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To control the movement of water and nutrients, vascular plants seal the paracellular space between adjacent endodermal cells with a tight junction-like complex comprising the Casparian strip and Casparian strip membrane domain. In rice, GAPLESS proteins mediate the attachment of these two components and enable nutrient homeostasis.

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Fig. 1: How to secure a Casparian strip.

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Nenadić, M., Vermeer, J.E.M. How to establish a GAPLESS Casparian strip. Nat. Plants 9, 1585–1586 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01525-7

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