Research report 2012 - Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society

Plants on steroids

Authors
Hothorn, Michael
Departments
Forschergruppe Strukturbiologie der Pflanzen
Summary
Plants and animals independently evolved multicellularity. To orchestrate the growth and development of their tissues and organs, both kingdoms of life use hormones. The research group investigates how plant receptor proteins sense a growth-promoting steroid hormone by combining structural biology and biochemistry with genetics utilizing the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

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