heteroauxin

[het-uh-roh-awk-sin]

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noun

Biochemistry.

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First recorded in 1930–35; hetero- + auxin

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Heteroauxin has the astonishing effect of making roots sprout from the stem in shaggy masses like beards.

Eastman Kodak Co. was selling a near chemical kin of heteroauxin�indole-3n-propionic acid.

This is called Auxin A. In 1934 the Utrecht researchers followed with Auxin B and heteroauxin.

Dr. Link had found a plant hormone called heteroauxin, previously found elsewhere, in the nodules of red kidney beans.

Dr. Link succeeded in inducing galls by application of heteroauxin, keeping the bacterium away from the scene of operation.

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