Core mechanism for root growth identified
PLETHORA proteins and plant hormone auxin orchestrate root growth together.
PLETHORA proteins and plant hormone auxin orchestrate root growth together.
Biotechnology
Aug 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A University of Queensland study has overturned the long-held belief that plant hormones control the shape of plant growth, and shown instead that this process starts with sugar.
Biotechnology
Apr 7, 2014
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Cell division in plants is governed by a physical law. A law that was postulated in the 19th century and tested in a two-dimensional plane many times after that. In an article published in the top journal Developmental Cell ...
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2014
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A joint study published in Cell by the teams headed by Miquel Coll at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Institute of Molecular Biology of CSIC, both in Barcelona, and Dolf Weijers at the University ...
Biotechnology
Jan 30, 2014
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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 ...
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2014
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An international team of scientists have realised a breakthrough which paves the way for researchers to start controlling growth and density in trees bred for bioenergy production, such as hybrid aspen.
Biotechnology
Dec 19, 2013
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Major League Baseball's ongoing steroid controversy is threatening the legacy of the sport and the validity of its well-respected history, but what kind of impact is it having behind teams' closed clubhouse doors?
Economics & Business
Aug 22, 2013
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From the elephant to the mayfly, biologists say there is a general rule about longevity: the bigger the animal, the longer it lives.
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2013
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If one wants to better understand how plants grow, one must analyse the chemistry of life in its molecular detail. Michael Hothorn from the Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory of the Max Planck Society in Tübingen and his team ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 8, 2013
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The majestic oak that sits on the corner of Cedar Lane and Palisade Avenue in Teaneck, N.J., is headed for the chopping block, but the historic tree may live on, if experts can manage the tricky feat of cloning it.
Biotechnology
Jun 6, 2013
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