Plant science: Physical limits and design principles for plant and fungal movements

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5726, 2005, Pages 1308-1310

  Skotheim, Jan M ^a,b   Mahadevan, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HYDRAULICS; TISSUE;

ELASTIC INSTABILITIES; FUNGAL MOTIONS; QUANTIFICATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUNGUS; PLANT;

ARTICLE; ELASTIC TISSUE; FUNGUS; MECHANICS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DROSERACEAE; ELASTICITY; EUPHORBIA; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUCORALES; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TIME; VISCOSITY;

FUNGI;

WATER;

CELL WALL; DROSERACEAE; ELASTICITY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FUNGI; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT; MUCORALES; PHYSICS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 19744370752     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107976     Document Type: Article

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