Hormonal mechanisms for differentiation in plant tissue culture.
Cells possess extraordinary powers to organize their molecular processes not only to maintain a cell in a given steady state but also to recognize that state during differentiation. Regulation of these organizational forces appears to be under the control of chemical factors, and a hormonal concept of regulation has evolved. Hormones have been considered to act by reacting with a specific target site. This may be part of their mode of action, 0ut i would like to suggest that a hormone enters and becomes part of a total molecular resonance system. In so doing, the entire molecular system of the cell is modified.
D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D046508:Culture Techniques; D003583:Cytokinins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D059828:Plant Cells; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000502:physiology*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism
D003583:Cytokinins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D012343:RNA, Transfer