In touch: Plant responses to mechanical stimuli

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-389

  Braam, Janet ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Mechanical stimuli; Mechano responses; TCH genes; Touch

Indexed keywords

MECHANORECEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPISM;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 13144282772     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01263.x     Document Type: Review

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