New aspects of gravity responses in plant cells

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 229, Issue , 2003, Pages 209-244

  Hoson, Takayuki ^a   Soga, Kouichi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automorphogenesis; Cell wall; Graviperception; Gravity resistance; Mechanoreceptor; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPLAST; ANISOTROPY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL WALL; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

POLYSACCHARIDE;

CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEEDLING; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 1542681600     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(03)29005-7     Document Type: Article

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