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SUMMARY:ABC Transporters involved in phytohormone transport  - Enrico Mart
 inoia\, Institute of Plant Biology\, University of Zurich\, Zollikerstrass
 e 107\, 8008 Zurich\, Switzerland
DTSTART:20140423T150000Z
DTEND:20140423T160000Z
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CONTACT:Helen Mawdsley
DESCRIPTION:Plants contain by far more ABC transporters than animals and h
 umans. It is assumed that this is due to the fact\, that plants are sessil
 e organisms and have to adapt to the changing environmental conditions wit
 hout being able to escape from a non-favorable environment. Indeed several
  ABC transporters have been shown to be involved in cellular detoxificatio
 n\, as already observed in animals and fungi. More surprising was the fact
  that in plants ABC transporters play a central role in phytohormone trans
 port. The first phytohormone shown to be transported by an ABC protein was
  auxin. In subsequent studies we could show that members of the ABCG subfa
 mily act also as transporters for abscisic acid\, strigolactones and cytok
 inins. In my talk I will summarize published results and give new insights
  in the transport of abscisic acid\, strigolactone and cytokinins.
LOCATION:Auditorium of The Sainsbury Laboratory (Bateman Street)
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