Root Gravitropism

Root Development

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 157-174

  Swarup, Ranjan ^a   Bennett, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin transport; Gravity perception; Lateral auxin gradient; Root gravitropism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861886165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444310023.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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