IAA synthesis

IAA biosynthesis is associated with rapidly dividing and growing tissues

Primary site of auxin synthesis are shoot apical meristem and young leaves

Root apical meristem also synthesize auxin

Young fruits an seeds also have high level of auxin

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

DNase footprinting gives a good idea of the location of the binding site for the protein, but DNase is a macromolecule and is therefore a rather blunt instrument for probing the fine details of the binding site.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

C4 leaf has two distinct chloroplast-containing cell types: mesophyll and bundle sheath (or Kranz, German for “wreath”) cells

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Homeobox transcription factors, or Hox genes, play an essential role in specifying whether a particular mesenchymal cell will become stylopod, zeugopod, or autopod.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

SEP proteins act as cofactors that provide flower-specific activity to the ABC genes by making complexes of their products.

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Nuclear export mechanism are of two types:

Ran-dependent nuclear export

Ran-independent nuclear export