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Nature Chemical Biology 4, 337–339 (1 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0608-337

A new path to auxin

Lucia C Strader & Bonnie Bartel

Genetic screens have been used extensively in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana to explore processes ranging from pathogen resistance to hormone metabolism. In hormone studies, researchers have isolated mutants with altered phenotypes associated with hormone effects on growth and development.