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Possible involvement of CS-ACS1 and ethylene in auxin-induced peg formation of cucumber seedlings.
Annals of botany - 1 Feb 2005
Saito Yuko, Yamasaki Seiji, Fujii Nobuharu, Takahashi Hideyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seedlings develop a peg on the concave side of the gravitropically bending transition zone between the hypocotyl and the root after seed germination. Peg initiation occurs in response to auxin when its levels in the concave side of the transition zone exceed a particular threshold through the graviresponse. Ethylene also plays an important role in peg formation, but...
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