Article
Touch modulates gravity sensing to regulate the growth of primary roots of Arabidopsis thaliana.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2003
Massa Gioia D, Gilroy Simon
Abstract excerpt
Plants must sense and respond to diverse stimuli to optimize the architecture of their root system for water and nutrient scavenging and anchorage. We have therefore analyzed how information from two of these stimuli, touch and gravity, are integrated to direct root growth. In Arabidopsis thaliana, touch stimulation provided by a glass barrier placed across the direction of growth caused the root to form a...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Gravitation
- Gravitropism
- Gravity Sensing
- Mutation
- Plant Root Cap
- Plant Roots
- Signal Transduction
- Stress, Mechanical