From ROOTS to GRAVI-1: Twenty five years for understanding how plants sense gravity

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Perbal, Gerald ^a  

^a Univ Pierre/Marie Curie Bat N2   (France)

Author keywords

Actin; GRAVI 1; Gravitropism; Plants; Statolith

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

ACTIN; GRAVI-1; GRAVITROPISM; PLANTS; STATOLITH;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 58349087846     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-008-9064-x     Document Type: Article

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