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BIOCHEMISTRY: Plant Hormone's Long-Sought Receptor Found
Dan Ferber
More than 70 years after the multifunctioned plant hormone auxin was first discovered, biologists have finally identified its major receptor-a crucial step toward understanding how the hormone works.