Open AccessPhototropism: Bending towards Enlightenment
Author(s) -
Craig W. Whippo,
Roger P. Hangarter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.105.039669
Subject(s) - phototropism , phototropin , auxin , plant hormone , identification (biology) , botany , biology , plant science , neuroscience , blue light , cryptochrome , physics , biochemistry , optics , circadian clock , gene , circadian rhythm
Research on phototropism has had far-reaching consequences in the field of plant biology, from helping to refute the ancient misconception of plant insensitivity to the environment to the discovery of the plant hormone auxin and the identification of the phototropin photoreceptors. In this essay, we
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