Root gravitropism: An experimental tool to investigate basic cellular and molecular processes underlying mechanosensing and signal transmission in plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 421-447

  Boonsirichai, K ^a   Guan, C ^a   Chen, R ^a   Masson, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin response; Auxin transport; Gravity signal transduction

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GRAVITROPISM; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037001962     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.53.100301.135158     Document Type: Review

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