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Gravisensors in plant cells behave like an active granular liquid

Plants are able to sense and respond to minute tilt from the vertical direction of the gravity, which is key to maintain their upright posture during development. However, gravisensing in plants relies on a peculiar sensor made of microsize starch-filled grains (statoliths) that sediment and form ti...

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Autores principales: Bérut, Antoine, Chauvet, Hugo, Legué, Valérie, Moulia, Bruno, Pouliquen, Olivier, Forterre, Yoël
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29712863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801895115