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  • noun Any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and growth and delay the senescence of leaves.

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  • noun biochemistry Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division

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  • noun any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves

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  • TDZ, a synthetic version of a naturally occurring plant compound known as a cytokinin, is not new.

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  • Kinetin N6-furfuryladenine is a form of cytokinin, a plant-derived growth hormone that promotes cell division and slows the aging process in plant cells.

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  • Kinetin N6-furfuryladenine is a form of cytokinin, a plant-derived growth hormone that promotes cell division and slows the aging process in plant cells.

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  • Kinetin N6-furfuryladenine is a form of cytokinin, a plant-derived growth hormone that promotes cell division and slows the aging process in plant cells.

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  • They discovered that a gene known as Gn1a controls an enzyme that degrades the hormone cytokinin.

    Entering the Green Revolution with new Rice Plants | Impact Lab 2005

  • Plants with lower levels of Gn1a have more cytokinin available, which leads to better reproductive development and thus more grains.

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  • WUS represses the expression of several ARRs in the meristem, which restrict cytokinin signalling

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  • Leibfried A, To JP, Busch W, Stehling S, Kehle A, et al. (2005) WUSCHEL controls meristem function by direct regulation of cytokinin-inducible response regulators.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tim Hohm et al. 2010

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