since the auxin protectors are antioxidants which inhibit the peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation of iaa , and in view of the findings by other workers that the meristematic tissues are maintained in a relatively reduced state , the presence of such large quantities of protector substances in the tumor tissue could explain the physiological and morphological similarity of tumor tissue to young meristematic tissue .
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peroxidase
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oxidation