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A.C.A.F. is supported by a Ph.D. Fellowship from the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne.

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Fandino, Ana Cecilia AliagaAuthor

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June 17, 2025
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Auxin transport in developing protophloem: A case study in canalization

Publicated to:Journal Of Plant Physiology. 269 153594- - 2021-12-23 269(), DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153594

Authors: Fandino, Ana Cecilia Aliaga; Hardtke, Christian S

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Univ Lausanne, Dept Plant Mol Biol, Biophore Bldg, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland - Author

Abstract

Spatiotemporal cues orchestrate the development of organs and cellular differentiation in multicellular organisms. For instance, in the root apical meristem an auxin gradient patterns the transition from stem cell maintenance to transit amplification and eventual differentiation. Among the proximal tissues generated by this growth apex, the early, so-called protophloem, is the first tissue to differentiate. This observation has been linked to increased auxin activity in the developing protophloem sieve element cell files as compared to the neighboring tissues. Here we review recent progress in the characterization of the unique mechanism by which auxin canalizes its activity in the developing protophloem and fine-tunes its own transport to guide proper timing of protophloem sieve element differentiation.

Keywords

ArabidopsisAuxiAuxinBiological transportBrevis-radixCanalizationCell polarityDifferentiationGrowth, development and agingIndoleacetic acid derivativeIndoleacetic acidsKinaseMeristemMetabolismPhloemPlantPlant-growthPlantsPlasma-membraneProteinProtophloemRegulatoTransport at the cellular levelVasculature

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Plant Physiology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category .

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.91, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Sep 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-09-03, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 13
  • Scopus: 12
  • Europe PMC: 6

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-09-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 25.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 25 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 11.35.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 18 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Switzerland.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ALIAGA FANDINO, ANA CECILIA) .