Gravitropism of hypocotyls of wild-type and starch-deficient Arabidopsis seedlings in spaceflight studies

Planta

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-103

  Kiss, John Z ^a   Edelmann, Richard E ^a   Wood, P Chris ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloplast; Arabidopsis; Ethylene; Gravity perception; Microgravity; Statolith

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; OTOLITH; PERCEPTION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; STARCH;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9403063; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-84 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITROPISM; HYPOCOTYL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEEDS; STARCH;

EID: 0033166308     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050610     Document Type: Article

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