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MANY workers have confirmed that auxin increases the irreversible deformability (“plasticity”) of plant tissues, for example, coleoptiles or storage tissue1–3. A primary effect of auxin in growth may therefore be to promote extensibility of the cell wall, a change which precedes cell expansion. The mechanism of action of auxin in causing this change is not known, although it has been suggested that the substance affects the linkage of pectin chains to each other.
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BLACK, M., BULLOCK, C., CHANTLER, E. et al. Effect of Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis on the Plastic Deformation and Growth of Plant Tissues. Nature 215, 1289–1290 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151289a0
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