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Relationships between jasmonates and auxin in regulation of some physiological processes in higher plants

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Growth and development of plants are regulated by interactions among different plant growth substances. During stress conditions, both abiotic and biotic, interaction of the some hormones activates defense responses. The present review describes the interaction between jasmonates and auxin in regulation of some physiological processes in plant growth and development. Some jasmonate-induced processes reduced by auxins and some auxin stimulated physiological processes inhibited by jasmonates are the focus of this review. Therefore, the following physiological processes are described: stem cell growth, abscission, secondary abscission zone formation, tendril coiling, opening of the pulvinules in Mimosa pudica, wounding and induced gene expression, nicotine biosynthesis and auxin biosynthesis in Brassicaceae.

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Abbreviations

ADC:

arginine decarboxylase

BAP:

benzylaminopurine

CAT:

chloramphenicol acetyl transferase

CDI:

cathepsin D inhibitor

CHS:

chalcone synthase

2,4-D:

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

HPL:

hydroperoxide lyase

IAA:

indole-3-acetic acid

IAN:

indole-3-acetonitrile

IAOX:

indole-3-acetaldoxime

IBA:

indole butyric acid

IMG:

indole-3-methylglucosinolate

IPA:

indole propionic acid

JA:

jasmonic acid

JA-Me:

methyl jasmonate

LOX:

lipoxygenase

NAA:

naphthalene acetic acid

ODC:

ornithine decarboxylase

PAA:

phenylacetic acid

PI:

proteinase inhibitor

PMT:

putrescine N-methyltransferase

SAMDC:

S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase

SAMS:

S-adenosylmethionine synthase

2,4,5-T:

2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid

VSP:

vegetative storage protein

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Saniewski, M., Ueda, J. & Miyamoto, K. Relationships between jasmonates and auxin in regulation of some physiological processes in higher plants. Acta Physiol Plant 24, 211–220 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-002-0013-9

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