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Stems of the Arabidopsis pin1-1 mutant are not deficient in free indole-3-acetic acid.
Planta - 1 Oct 2005
Jones Sarah E, Demeo J Seph, Davies Noel W, Noonan Sophie E, Ross John J
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The pin1-1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana has been pivotal for studies on auxin transport and on the role of auxin in plant development. It was reported previously that when whole shoots were analysed, levels of the major auxin, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) were dramatically reduced in the mutant, compared with the WT (Okada et al. 1991). The cloning of PIN1, however, provided evidence that this gene encodes a...
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