March 24, 2014

Scientists find a molecular clue to the complex mystery of auxin signaling in plants




Interaction domain on proteins that modulate this potent hormone allows them to stack back-to-front like button magnets

Wikipedia lists 65 adjectives that botanists use to describe the shapes of plant leaves. In English (rather than Latin) they mean the leaf is lance-shaped, spear-shaped, kidney-shaped, diamond shaped, arrow-head-shaped, egg-shaped, circular, spoon-shaped , heart-shaped, tear-drop-shaped or sickle-shaped — among other possibilities.