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单词 abscisic acid
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Definition of abscisic acid in English:

abscisic acid

nounabˈsɪsɪkabˌsisik ˈasid
mass nounBiochemistry
  • A plant hormone which promotes leaf detachment, induces seed and bud dormancy, and inhibits germination.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Analysis of mutant plants suggests that the plant hormones abscisic acid, ethylene and jasmonates are implicated in the long-distance signalling pathway and that the action may be mediated by reactive oxygen species.
    • Subsequently, a signal transduction cascade involving at least four plant hormones, ethylene, auxin, abscisic acid, and gibberellic acid, is activated.
    • The hormone abscisic acid induces a myriad of cellular responses in plants via complex signal transduction cascades, leading to tolerance towards various stresses, including cold, drought and salinity.
    • When conditions are otherwise in favour of producing the submerged type morphology, an exogenous supply of the plant hormone abscisic acid at an optimal concentration induces aerial type characteristics.
    • Of particular interest here is the amphipathic plant hormone abscisic acid.

Origin

1960s: abscisic from abscisin (the earlier name for the hormone), from abscission.

 
 

Definition of abscisic acid in US English:

abscisic acid

nounabˌsisik ˈasid
Biochemistry
  • A plant hormone which promotes leaf detachment, induces seed and bud dormancy, and inhibits germination.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Subsequently, a signal transduction cascade involving at least four plant hormones, ethylene, auxin, abscisic acid, and gibberellic acid, is activated.
    • Of particular interest here is the amphipathic plant hormone abscisic acid.
    • The hormone abscisic acid induces a myriad of cellular responses in plants via complex signal transduction cascades, leading to tolerance towards various stresses, including cold, drought and salinity.
    • When conditions are otherwise in favour of producing the submerged type morphology, an exogenous supply of the plant hormone abscisic acid at an optimal concentration induces aerial type characteristics.
    • Analysis of mutant plants suggests that the plant hormones abscisic acid, ethylene and jasmonates are implicated in the long-distance signalling pathway and that the action may be mediated by reactive oxygen species.

Origin

1960s: abscisic from abscisin (the earlier name for the hormone), from abscission.

 
 
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