While waiting for a phone call (which never came) I spent some time looking up my name on Google (let’s admit it, we all do it!) and I came across some of the papers which I helped write years ago when I was working in plant sciences. This is an interesting example with good quotes such as:
From shortly after its emergence from the apical bud the elongation of internode 3 was attributable mainly to cell expansion. Total and specific activities of acid invertase in this internode rose to a maximum at the time of most rapid elongation and then declined.
I’m far from convinced that I understand it all now.