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PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 123: 130–138. 2005 doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00475.x Printed in Denmark – all rights reserved Copyright # Physiologia Plantarum 2005 Review Auxin and the developing root of Arabidopsis thaliana William D. Teale*, Ivan A. Paponov, Franck Ditengou and Klaus Palme Institut fur Biologie II Zentrum fur Angewandte Biowissenschaften, Schanzlestr. 1, 7910 4Freiburg, Germany ¨ ¨ ¨ *Corresponding author, e-mail: william.teale@biologie.uni-freiburg.de Received 30 September 2004 The plant hormone auxin has long been known to play a to reveal a possible mechanism for auxin action. In this article crucial role in plant growth and development, but how it we will present an overview with specific emphasis on auxin’s affects so many different processes has remained a mystery. role in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, focusing on cell division, Recent evidence from genetic and molecular studies has begun elongation and differentiation. Introduction that underlie the effect auxin has on the developing root The surrounding environment of a root changes continu- share common elements, and is there significant cross- ously. Concentration gradients of both nutrients and toxic talk between them? These are questions which must be elements in the immediate environment have forced the addressed by developmen