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In an Arabidopsis model, repression of cytokinin in the root meristem produces a distinct population of xylem-pole endodermal cells, which resist suberization to become passage cells that enable transport across the otherwise-impermeable endodermis.
Diffusible repression of cytokinin signalling produces endodermal symmetry and passage cells