Gravitropism in roots of intermediate-starch mutants of Arabidopsis

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-244

  Kiss, John Z ^a   Wright, Jonathan B ^a   Caspar, Timothy ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; gravitropic sensitivity; gravitropism; mutants; phototropism; starch; statolith

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 40-50; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PERCEPTION; PHOTOTROPISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT CAP; PLASTID; ROTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 40-50; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT ROOT CAP; PLASTIDS; ROTATION; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030469990     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970205.x     Document Type: Article

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