cytokinin

English

Etymology

From cytokine +‎ -in. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cytokinin (plural cytokinins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division.
   • 2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist‎^[1], volume 207, →DOI:

     The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.

   • 2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science‎^[2], volume 6, →DOI:

     SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and 'cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.