A mathematical model on the closing and opening mechanism for venus flytrap

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 968-978

  Yang, Ruoting ^a   Lenaghan, Scott C ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^a   Xia, Lijin ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Modelling; Venus flytrap

Indexed keywords

DIONAEA; DIONAEA MUSCIPULA;

EID: 77957720067     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.8.12136     Document Type: Article

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