Slow, fast and furious: Understanding the physics of plant movements

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4745-4760

  Forterre, Yoël ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; ELASTICITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REVIEW; TIME; TROPISM;

CELL MEMBRANE; ELASTICITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OSMOSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPISM; WATER;

EID: 84887870512     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert230     Document Type: Review

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