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KINETIN (6-furfurylaminopurine) has been reported to stimulate cell division in excised tobacco pith tissues1, in onion root tips2 and, most recently, in sarcoma tumour cells3. Lettré and Endo4 found no changes in cell division or tumour growth with kinetin in cultures of normal or malignant human and animal cells. They concluded that these tissues either did not possess a kinetin-like trigger for cell division, or contained optimal levels of such a substance.
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GUTTMAN, R., BACK, A. Effects of Kinetin on Cell Division in Paramecium caudatum . Nature 181, 852 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181852a0
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