Mapping the functional roles of cap cells in the response of arabidopsis primary roots to gravity

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Blancaflor, Elison B ^a   Fasano, Jeremiah M ^a   Gilroy, Simon ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPLAST; CELL FUNCTION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GRAVITY; GROWTH RATE; PLANT GROWTH; ROOT CURVATURE; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLUMELLA;

EID: 0031757701     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.1.213     Document Type: Article

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