Farmers and gardeners have long taken advantage of the growth-altering properties of the plant hormone auxin. The discovery of the elusive auxin receptor hints at how plant cells ‘sense’ and respond to this protein.
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Callis, J. Auxin action. Nature 435, 436–437 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435436b
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