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What is an auxin?

What is an auxin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.
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Cytokinins, gibberellins, and auxin have been applied to promote cell division during the early stages of fruit growth in many species.
In mung bean, mechanical strain, salt, cycloheximide, and auxin treatment could induce the CPK gene expression.
Vascular tissue formation follows the flow of auxin, which is canalized into files of cells so that connected vascular strands form.
One of the earliest noted auxin effects was in phototropism, the curvature of stems toward a light source.
The model put forward for the action of BDL suggests that auxin is involved in determining hypophyseal cell fate at the octant stage.
Hormones that require amino acids for starting materials include thyroxine, and auxin.

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