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Published on: December 27, 2016
Cytokinins résumé: their signaling and role in programmed cell death in plants
A Kunikowska1, A Byczkowska, M Doniak
1Department of Cytophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Pomorska 141/133, 90236 Łódź, Poland.
Abstract:
Cytokinins (CKs) are a large group of plant hormones which play a crucial role in many physiological processes in plants. One of the interesting functions of CKs is the control of programmed cell death (PCD). It seems that all CKs-dependent phenomena including PCD are accompanied by special multi-step phosphorelay signaling pathway. This pathway consists of three elements: histidine kinase receptors (HKs), histidine phosphotransfer proteins (HPs) and response regulators (RRs). This review shows the résumé of the latest knowledge about CKs signaling pathways in many physiological processes in plants with special attention paid to PCD process.
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