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IT is widely believed that the increase in cell wall synthesis which occurs when growth of plant cells is promoted by auxin is neither a direct consequence of hormone action nor a causal factor in cell enlargement, but is induced indirectly by the occurrence of cell enlargement1. A principal reason for this view is that if elongation is inhibited osmotically by mannitol, wall synthesis becomes reduced2, and promotion of wall synthesis by auxin does not occur3.
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RAY, P., BAKER, D. Promotion of Cell Wall Synthesis by Indolylacetic Acid. Nature 195, 1322 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951322a0
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