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Published: 06.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Auxin - Plant Hormone', 1.
  • Essays 'Auxin - Plant Hormone', 2.
Extract

Hormone signaling is involved in all biological system. Hormones in general control the physical and emotional responses of an organism. A specific example of a hormone is auxin. Auxin is a plant hormone that plays an inportant role in several plant activities, such as: phototropism, gravitopism, apical dominance, fruit development, abscission, and root initiation. Auxin travels in a specific direction inside a plant, it is taken up by a particular cell at one end and release at the other end onto another cell. It binds specific receptors on specific cells to cause the plant to perfor…

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