Hypergravity stimulus enhances primary xylem development and decreases mechanical properties of secondary cell walls in inflorescence stems of Arabidopsis thaliana

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1083-1090

  Nakabayashi, Izumi ^a   Karahara, Ichirou ^a   Tamaoki, Daisuke ^a   Masuda, Kyojiro ^a   Wakasugi, Tatsuya ^a   Yamada, Kyoji ^a   Soga, Kouichi ^b   Hoson, Takayuki ^b   Kamisaka, Seiichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cell wall extensibility; Hypergravity; Mechanical property; Mechanoreceptor; Metaxylem; Protoxylem; Secondary cell wall; Secondary thickening

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PRUNUS;

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWERING; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; FLOWERING TOPS; GADOLINIUM; HYPERGRAVITY;

EID: 33947314458     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl055     Document Type: Article

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