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Plant function and evolutionary biology
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Modulation of Plant Gene Expression by Cytokinins

CM Chen, G Jin, BR Andersen and JR Ertl

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 20(5) 609 - 619
Published: 1993

Abstract

Cytokinins play important roles in plant growth and development. They regulate the synthesis or degradation of proteins and nucleic acids. Specific mRNAs and proteins are up- and down-regulated by the hormones. Regulation of plant gene expression by cytokinins is at the levels of transcription and post-transcription. Expression of a single gene can be modulated by the interaction of two hormones since the levels of cytokinin-enhanced nitrate reductase transcript are reduced by abscisic acid. Relatively high-affinity cytokinin-binding proteins have been isolated, but the physiological role of the binding proteins remains unknown. Examination of X-ray crystal structures of cytokinin molecules indicates that correct stereochemical conformation is required for a biologically active cytokinin. Using available genetic, immunological, biochemical and recombinant DNA techniques, some questions regarding the mechanisms of cytokinin action may be answered in the near future.

https://doi.org/10.1071/PP9930609

© CSIRO 1993

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