Abstract
Cytokinins are one of the potent classes of naturally occurring plant growth “hormones”. They occur in plants both as bases adjacent to the anticodon triplet in specific tRNA species and as free bases, ribonucleosides and ribonucleotides.
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Abbreviations
- Ribosyl-trans-zeatin:
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t-io6ado
- ribosyl-cis-zeatin:
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c-io6ado
- trans-zeatin:
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t-io6ade
- cis-zeatin:
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c-io6ade
- N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl(adenosine:
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i6ado
- N6-(Δ2isopentenyl)adenine:
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i6ade
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Burrows, W.J., Fuell, K.J. (1981). Cytokinin Biosynthesis in Cytokinin-Autonomous and Bacteria-Transformed Tobacco Callus Tissues. In: Guern, J., Péaud-Lenoël, C. (eds) Metabolism and Molecular Activities of Cytokinins. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68035-9_5
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