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In Vitro Growth of Mouse Preantral Follicles Under Simulated Microgravity
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Orientation of root hair growth is influenced by simulated microgravity
1Institute of Botany, Cell Biology Dept., Kiev, Ukraine.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology : a Journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
|March 18, 2003
Abstract:
We have tried to investigate the mechanisms supporting the plagiotropic growth (growth in parallel to the Earth) of root hairs in simulated microgravity. Our strategy to understand the regulation of such type of growth depends upon the study of cytoskeleton topography and calcium ions distribution in root hairs both in control and simulated microgravity.
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