Hormonal networks involved in apical hook development in darkness and their response to light

In darkness, the dicot seedlings produces an apical hook as result of differential cell division and extension at opposite sides of the hypocotyl. This hook protects the apical meristem from mechanical damage during seedling emergence from the soil. In darkness, gibberellins act via the DELLA-PIF (P...

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Main Authors: Maria Agustina Mazzella, Jorge Jose Casal, Jorge Prometeo Muschietti, Ana Romina Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00052/full