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RAPID AUXIN RESPONSES

It starts with TIRs

Nature Plants volume 4, pages 410–411 (2018)Cite this article

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The canonical auxin receptor complex mediates gene expression, but it is also necessary for responses far too rapid to be mediated by transcription. An innovative setup that uses advanced microscopy and microfluidics can record auxin-induced changes within 30 seconds during root growth.

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Fig. 1: Microfluidics and confocal microscopy to study very fast responses to auxin.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Botany, Prague, Czech Republic

    Katarzyna Retzer

  2. School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

    Gaurav Singh & Richard M. Napier

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