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Definition of Cytokinins
1. cytokinin [n] - See also: cytokinin
Medical Definition of Cytokinins
1. Plant hormones that promote the separation of daughter cells after mitotic division of a parent cell. Frequently they are purine derivatives. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytokinins
Literary usage of Cytokinins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Paquet (1979) studied the relative concentrations of cytokinins in ... In general,
concentrations of cytokinins were from 2 to 10 times higher in mistletoes ..."
2. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products: Bibliography January 1990 by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"The amount of time between DNA delivery and treatment of cotyledons with auxins
and cytokinins strongly affected GUS expression. ..."
3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"... in these rooting plants were only about half those in primary transformed
shoots the total amount of cytokinins was much lower than in crown gall tissue ..."
4. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"... and development are linked to an altered hormonal status we have compared the
immunoreactive content of indole-3-acetic acid, cytokinins, abscisic acid, ..."