How do plant shoots bend up? - The initial step to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of shoot gravitropism using Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-137

  Fukaki, Hidehiro ^a   Fujisawa, Hisao ^a   Tasaka, Masao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Inflorescence stem; Mutational analysis; Shoot gravitropism

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0030163994     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02344538     Document Type: Short Survey

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