Phyllotaxis as an example of the symbiosis of mechanical forces and biochemical processes in living tissue

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 586-589

  Newell, Alan C ^a,b   Shipman, Patrick D ^c,d   Sun, Zhiying ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; Biomechanics; Growth; Pattern formation; Phyllotaxis; PIN 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649105242     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.8.6223     Document Type: Article

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