Plant tropisms: the ins and outs of auxin.

Current biology : CB ·Vol. 6 ·No. 12 ·1996-12-01 ·Pages 1589-91

Estelle M

Abstract

The Cholodny-Went hypothesis holds that gravitropic curvature of a growing plant organ depends on regulated transport of the plant hormone auxin; new studies of the agravitropic mutant aux1 of Arabidopsis provide strong evidence in support of this hypothesis.

MeSH Terms

Arabidopsis/metabolism Arabidopsis Proteins Gravitropism/physiology Growth Substances Indoleacetic Acids/metabolism Plant Development Plant Growth Regulators/genetics,metabolism Plant Proteins/genetics,metabolism

Chemicals

AUX1 protein, Arabidopsis AXR1 protein, Arabidopsis Arabidopsis Proteins Growth Substances Indoleacetic Acids Plant Growth Regulators Plant Proteins

Authors & Affiliations

1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Estelle M

Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA.

Article Info

Journal

Current biology : CB

Abbr.

Curr Biol

ISSN

0960-9822

DOI

10.1016/s0960-9822(02)70780-x

Published

1996-12-01

Pages

1589-91

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9107782

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)70780-x View journal details

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