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plant hormone [′plant ‚hȯr‚mōn] (biochemistry) An organic compound that is synthesized in minute quantities by one part of a plant and translocated to another part, where it influences physiological processes. Also known as phytohormone. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| visually which buds will become cones, or get chemical, cues from plant hormones in the buds. These plant hormones, which travel from the roots to the rest of the plant, are regulators of aging. Interestingly, a member of the MAPK eukaryotic signal transduction pathway, Raf (MAPK kinase) protein, has a homologous protein in plants that also functions in signal transduction of the plant hormone ethylene (Clark et al. |
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