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Cultured cell lines from carrot (Daucus carota L.) with little or no embryogenic potential were examined for the auxin-binding capacity of their membranes. The lines belonged to different classes: (a) wild-type lines kept in culture for different periods (the longer the period, the lower being their embryogenic potential); (b) variants, isolated after mutagenesis, showing normal growth but a lack of embryogenic response; (c) auxin-resistant lines, isolated as colonies on solid media containing 45 μM 2,4-d; (d) a previously described tumorous line (E9) isolated because of its resistance to hypomethylating drugs. All of these lines showed alterations in auxin-induced, auxin-binding capacity (modulation), i.e. in the non-embryogenic lines the addition of auxin increased the auxinbinding capacity to a very small degree, or removal of the hormone did not produce the proper decrease in that capacity, or both defects could be simultaneously present. Both types of defects were shown to be correctable: after treatments designed to increase the amplitude of modulation, embryogenic capacity was restored in a number of lines.
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Filippini, F., Terzi, M., Cozzani, F. et al. Modulation of auxin-binding proteins in cell suspensions. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 84, 430–434 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00229503
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