Root gravitropism: A complex response to a simple stimulus?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 407-412

  Rosen, Elizabeth ^a   Chen, Rujin ^a   Masson, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AUX1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CARRIER PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 40; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE; GENETICS; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLASTID; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP40 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLASTIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLUMELLA;

EID: 0033215164     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01472-7     Document Type: Review

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