The RHG gene is involved in root and hypocotyl gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 804-810

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Gravitropism; Root and hypocotyl gravitropism locus

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031193902     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029238     Document Type: Article

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