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Nature Chemical Biology 4, 584 - 586 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nchembio1008-584
Raging hormones in plants
Eran Pichersky1
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Eran Pichersky is in the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan, 830 North University, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA.
e-mail: lelx@umich.edu
Abstract
The strigolactones, a known class of plant metabolites, have now been shown to constitute the long-sought hormone that suppresses lateral branch formation. These hormones are synthesized from a carotenoid precursor in the roots and transported to the shoots.
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