Magnetoreception: An unavoidable step for plant evolution?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Occhipinti, Andrea ^a   De Santis, Angelo ^b   Maffei, Massimo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CRYPTOCHROME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRYPTOCHROMES; LIGHT; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84891371624     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.10.007     Document Type: Note

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