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Cytokinin Mode of Action — Problems and Perspectives

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Plant Growth Substances 1988

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Recent results have modified the expectation that responses to cytokinin, along with the other growth substances, would all turn out to be mediated via cytosolic Ca2+ by mechanisms closely resembling those proposed (but not yet proved) for the responses of animal cells to hormones. The big friendly giant is a fertile source of ideas (such as the alarming fact that some animal hormones may have as many as five different receptors [1]) but given the ease with which it is possible to discover only what we expect to find, rigorous and critical testing is called for. As the extreme complexity of the cell’s signal transduction machinery slowly comes to light, we discover how easily the interactive network of biochemical components can generate artifacts and how difficult it is to reconstruct its in vivo operation.

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  1. Department of Botany, Botany School, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK

    D. E. Hanke, H. Davies, M. Biffen & T. C. Freathy

  2. Unit 154/155, Agricultural Genetics Company Limited, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 4GG, UK

    R. J. A. Connett

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  1. Plant Physiology Research Group Biological Sciences Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada

    Richard P. Pharis

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada

    Stewart B. Rood

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Hanke, D.E., Davies, H., Biffen, M., Connett, R.J.A., Freathy, T.C. (1990). Cytokinin Mode of Action — Problems and Perspectives. In: Pharis, R.P., Rood, S.B. (eds) Plant Growth Substances 1988. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74545-4_19

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