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COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES
Volume 333, Issue 4, Pages 297-306Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.01.005
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Phytohormone; Auxin biology; Hormone signalling; Root development
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- French ministere de la recherche et de la technologie
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Like animals, plants have evolved into complex organisms. Developmental cohesion between tissues and cells is possible due to signaling molecules (messengers) like hormones. The first hormone discovered in plants was auxin. This phytohormone was first noticed because of its involvement in the response to directional light. Nowadays, auxin has been established as a central key player in the regulation of plant growth and development and in responses to environmental changes. At the cellular level, auxin controls division, elongation, and differentiation as well as the polarity of the cell. Auxin, to integrate so many different signals, needs to be regulated at many different levels. A tight regulation of auxin synthesis, activity, degradation as well as transport has been demonstrated. Another possibility to modulate auxin signaling is to modify the capacity of response of the cells by expressing differentially the signaling components. In this review, we provide an overview of the present knowledge in auxin biology, with emphasis on root development. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of Academie des sciences.
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