Transporters and Pumps in Plant Signaling

0350474 - ÚEB 2011 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Petrášek, Jan - Malínská, Kateřina - Zažímalová, Eva
Auxin transporters controlling plant development.
Transporters and Pumps in Plant Signaling. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2010 - (Geisler, M.; Venema, K.), s. 255-290. ISBN 978-3-642-14368-7
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LC06034
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50380511
Keywords : Auxin * polar auxin transport * auxin carriers
Subject RIV: ED - Physiology
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The plant hormone auxin regulates many important aspects of plant development from the early embryogenesis to the seed production. On genomic and non-genomic levels, finely tuned auxin gradients form an important morphoregulatory trigger. In planta, auxin is transported to long distances using symplastic transport in the phloem and it is also a subject to cell-to-cell transport, being able to move across the plasma membrane (PM) by diffusion and/or utilizing several types of auxin transporters. This chapter summarizes recent knowledge on the types of auxin transporters, their functional characterization, and involvement in developmental processes in plants.
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