Biosynthesis of essential hormones is often complex and redundant. Two independent genetic screens have converged to support a previously conjectured auxin biosynthetic pathway that is responsible for providing auxin during plant development and in response to environmental cues.
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Strader, L., Bartel, B. A new path to auxin. Nat Chem Biol 4, 337–339 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0608-337
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