Open AccessA Receptor for Auxin
Author(s) -
Andrew W. Woodward,
Bonnie Bartel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.105.036236
Subject(s) - auxin , biology , receptor , microbiology and biotechnology , plant hormone , biochemistry , gene
A long-sought hormone receptor has been found. Two recent Nature articles reveal that the F-box protein TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE1 (TIR1) binds auxin and responds to the phytohormone even when heterologously expressed in animal systems ([Dharmasiri et al., 2005a][1]; [Kepinski and Leyser, 2005][2
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