Encodes a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that is expressed in the hypophysis-adjacent embryo cells, and is required and partially sufficient for MP-dependent root initiation. Involved in response to phosphate starvation. Negative regulator of root hair development, anthocyanin formation and Pi content. Its expression is responsive to both phosphate (Pi) and phosphite (Phi) in shoots.
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