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Flavonols accumulate asymmetrically and affect auxin transport in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Jun 2011
Kuhn Benjamin M, Geisler Markus, Bigler Laurent, Ringli Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Flavonoids represent a class of secondary metabolites with diverse functions in plants including ultraviolet protection, pathogen defense, and interspecies communication. They are also known as modulators of signaling processes in plant and animal systems and therefore are considered to have beneficial effects as nutraceuticals. The rol1-2 (for repressor of lrx1) mutation of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana)...
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