Brassinosteroids brs are closely related to animal steroid hormones. Pdf brassinosteroids occurence and chemical structures. Look up phytohormone in wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lack of the plant hormone auxin can cause abnormal growth right. Purchase biochemistry and molecular biology of plant hormones, volume 33 1st edition. Brassinosteroids brs are a class of polyhydroxysteroids that have been recognized as a sixth class of plant hormones and may have utility as an anticancer drug for endocrineresponsive cancers to induce apoptosis and inhibit growth. Brassinosteroids, the sixth class of phytohormones. This class of plant hormone is required for cell elongation and may have a special role in light regulation of plant growth. Covers all major classes of plant hormones auxins, cytokinins, abscisic acid.
Plants possess the ability to biosynthesize a large variety of steroids, but it was not until 1979 that a hormonal function was demonstrated in plants. This group of plant steroids includes more than 70 compounds that show structural s. Although the other plant hormones have been studied for a much longer period, there has not been similar development. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Covers a new class of plant hormone which is gaining recognition day by day. Brassinosteroids brs comprise a specific class of lowabundance plant steroids of ubiquitous occurrence in plants. Plant hormones also known as phytohormones are signal molecules, produced within plants. Due to brs growth regulator activity, this class of phytohormones is. Initial research into plant hormones identified five major classes. Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant hormones, volume 33. Genetic studies have revealed an important difference between the action of plant and animal steroid hormones.
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