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May 25, 2005

Researchers have worked out the molecular steps auxins use to make plants grow.

Plant growth hormones, known as auxins, influence a variety of plant processes and are produced in growth regions throughout the plant (red dots). Researchers have worked out the series of molecular events the hormone uses to make plants grow.

Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation


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