Plant hormones with overlapping signaling pathways play distinct roles in controlling growth
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 12:50
in Biology & Nature
Cytokinins are plant hormones that help to coordinate plant growth and development in response to different environmental triggers. They primarily differ from one another in their 'side-chains'—chemical modifications that are tacked on by specialized enzymes. Research from Hitoshi Sakakibara and co-workers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science now demonstrates clear differences in the functions of these various hormones.