Lab-Made Hormone May Reveal Secret Lives of Plants
January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 22 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release:
A lab-designed hormone could unlock mysteries harbored by plants.
By developing a synthetic version of the plant hormone auxin and an engineered receptor to recognize it, University of Washington biology professor Keiko Torii and her colleagues are poised to uncover plants' inner workings.
The new work, described in a paper published online Jan. 22 in Nature Chem . . .
A lab-designed hormone could unlock mysteries harbored by plants.
By developing a synthetic version of the plant hormone auxin and an engineered receptor to recognize it, University of Washington biology professor Keiko Torii and her colleagues are poised to uncover plants' inner workings.
The new work, described in a paper published online Jan. 22 in Nature Chem . . .