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Jesús Martínez-Gómez
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Assistant Professor in EEMB @ UCSB | Evo-Devo • Botany • phylogenetic comparative methods • meristems
https://www.martinezgomezlab.com/
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Go to the original article in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ethylene modulates cell wall mechanics for root responses to compaction - Nature
Soil compaction traps ethylene around roots, which causes transcriptional upregulation of Auxin Response Factor1, resulting in decreased root cortical cell wall thickness and thereby promoting root ra...
www.nature.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM