Gravitropic moss cells default to spiral growth on the clinostat and in microgravity during spaceflight

Planta

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Kern, Volker D ^a,c   Schwuchow, Jochen M ^a   Reed, David W ^b   Nadeau, Jeanette A ^a,d   Lucas, Jessica ^a   Skripnikov, Alexander ^a   Sack, Fred D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitropism; Microgravity; Moss; Spiral growth; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GRAVITATION; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SPACE FLIGHT; VECTORS;

APICAL CELLS; CLINOSTAT; GRAVITROPIC MOSS CELLS; SPIRAL GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CYTOLOGY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANNED; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9600005; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9600011; NON-NASA CENTER; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-107 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-87 SHUTTLE PROJECT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9600005; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9600011; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-107 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-87 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

BRYOPSIDA; GRAVITROPISM; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAVITATION; GROWTH; LIGHT; PLANTS;

BRYOPHYTA; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS;

EID: 18044376474     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1467-3     Document Type: Article

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