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Expansins are wall-loosening proteins implicated in plant responses to most of the major plant hormones. These include cell enlargement, cell proliferation, fruit softening, abscission, senescence, and adaptation to water stress - all hormone-controlled responses in which the cell wall is modified so as to make it more extensible or softer or more easily separated from other walls. In this chapter 1 we summarize the current evidence implicating expansins in the action of various hormones, beginning with a short summary of the characteristics of this protein and its likely mechanism of action.
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Choe, HT., Cosgrove, D.J. (2010). Expansins as Agents in Hormone Action. In: Davies, P.J. (eds) Plant Hormones. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2686-7_13
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