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Abscission: Control of cellulase secretion by ethylene

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Ethylene was found to be required for the release or secretion of cellulase from the cytoplasm to the cell wall in bean-petiole abscission-zone explants. This is an addition to its previously known action in accelerating senescence and cellulase synthesis in abscission.

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  1. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland

    F. B. Abeles

  2. Plant Science Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

    G. R. Leather

  3. Plant Air Pollution Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Building 050, 20705, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

    F. B. Abeles

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Abeles, F.B., Leather, G.R. Abscission: Control of cellulase secretion by ethylene. Planta 97, 87–91 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388409

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