Sensing of the plant hormone auxin involves formation of a co-receptor complex consisting of an F-box protein and an AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID (Aux/IAA) transcriptional repressor. Distinct ...

Auxin plays a central role in plant life. The hormone regulates various processes, from embryonic development to the formation of roots and the directional growth in response to light and gravity.

Some 70 years after the plant hormone auxin was discovered, scientists have finally identified one of the proteins targeted by this small molecule (Nature 2005, 435, 441 and 446). The long-awaited ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Auxin causes elongation growth of plant cells by increasing the plastic extensibility of the cell wall. Putative cellular events involved in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Main conclusion Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization in one side of split-root sorghum plants systemically reduced root contents of ...

Leaf vasculature plays a pivotal role in nutrient transport and leaf morphology. A new study in Brassica rapa reveals the ...

How does a tiny molecule help shape the future of global food security? Researchers from the University of Tasmania have provided new insights into auxin, a master plant hormone, and its vital role in ...

An international research team investigated the genetic regulation of stem cell division in plant stems. During their investigations, they revealed that the key gene coordinating stem cells, WOX4, is ...

A lab-designed hormone may unlock mysteries harbored by plants. By developing a synthetic version of the plant hormone auxin and an engineered receptor to recognize it, Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

The Biden-Harris administration and US Department of Commerce (Commerce) are investigating solar cell parts from four Southeast Asian countries—Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam—to determine ...

Phytohormones affect differentiation and growth of plant cells causing permanent, irreversible changes in the activities of cells. In contrast to animals — where a hormone often acts quite ...