Reduced Gravitropism in Hypocotyls of Starch-Deficient Mutants of Arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-525

  Kiss, John Z ^a   Guisinger, Mary M ^a   Miller, Allison J ^a   Stackhouse, Kathi S ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gravity perception; Plastids; Shoots; Space biology; Statolith

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; GENETICS; GRAVITROPISM; LIGHT; MUTATION; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; DARKNESS; GRAVITROPISM; HYPOCOTYL; LIGHT; MUTATION; STARCH;

EID: 0031138303     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029199     Document Type: Article

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