Synthetic Auxin/receptor Pair (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Synthetic Auxin/receptor Pair

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A synthetic version of auxin and its protein receptor (light blue) nestle together, creating an engineered pair that behaves just like the natural one.

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Keiko Torii/University of Washington/Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Shinya Hagihara/Nagoya University

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