| Description: |
Through analysis of temperature-dependent fasciation (TDF) mutants of Arabidopsis, root redifferentiation defective 1 (rrd1), rrd2, and root initiation defective 4 (rid4), that mitochondrial RNA processing is required for limiting cell division during early lateral root (LR) organogenesis; Further analysis suggested that LR fasciation in the TDF mutants is triggered by reactive oxygen species generation caused by defective mitochondrial respiration; Defective protein composition of the mitochondrial electron transport chain was found in rrd2 and rid4; Phenocopying of the TDF mutants by mitochondrial respiratory inhibition and reactive oxygen species (ROS) induction, together with its reversal by ROS scavenging, suggested that ROS generation resulting from impaired RNA processing is the primary cause of the extra cell division observed during early LR development in the TDF mutants |