Plant tropisms: Providing the power of movement to a sessile organism

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 665-674

  Esmon, C Alex ^a   Pedmale, Ullas V ^a   Liscum, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitropism; Hydrotropism; Phototropism; Thigmotropism

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOMICS; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY; HYDROTROPISM; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT WATER RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIGMOTROPISM;

GRAVITROPISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER;

EID: 27744439017     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.052028ce     Document Type: Review

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