Unlocked Enzyme Structure Shows How Strigolactone Hormone Controls Plant Growth (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Unlocked Enzyme Structure Shows How Strigolactone Hormone Controls Plant Growth

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Using a permanently unlocked form of the plant enzyme MAX3, UC Davis researchers are exploring the mechanism by which the plant hormone strigoractone regulates a massive network of genes controlling plant growth and architecture.

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Nitzan Shabek/UC Davis

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