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Nature 446, 621-622 (5 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446621a; Published online 4 April 2007
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Plant biology: Sticking with auxin
Tom Guilfoyle1
Abstract
Auxin is one of the main agents that regulate plant growth and development. Intricate crystallographic studies reveal how this hormone acts as a 'molecular glue' in mediating substrate–receptor interactions.
Research into plant hormones has been coming on apace in the past few years. The receptors for these hormones that have been identified, including that for auxin, have turned out to be surprisingly different from the receptors for animal hormones1.
- Tom Guilfoyle is in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, 117 Schweitzer Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
Email: guilfoylet@missouri.edu
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