Graviorientation in protists and plants

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Hemmersbach, Ruth ^a   Volkmann, Dieter ^b   Häder, Donat Peter ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravikinesis; Gravitaxis; Gravitropism; Hypergravity; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHARA; CILIOPHORA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LOXODES; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032967016     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80311-3     Document Type: Article

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