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Gravitropism

Known as: Gravitropisms, geotropism 
The directional growth of organisms in response to gravity. In plants, the main root is positively gravitropic (growing downwards) and a main stem is… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Extracellular ATP Induces Nitric Oxide Production in Tomato Cell Suspensions1
In plant as well as in animal systems, extracellular ATP (eATP) regulates a broad range of physiological processes. In animals… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The Kinetics of Root Gravitropism: Dual Motors and Sensors
The Cholodny-Went theory of tropisms has served as a framework for investigation of root gravitropism for nearly three quarters… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Interaction of root gravitropism and phototropism in Arabidopsis wild-type and starchless mutants.
Root gravitropism in wild-type Arabidopsis and in two starchless mutants, pgm1-1 and adg1-1, was evaluated as a function of light… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Graviorientation in protists and plants.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Effect of inhibitors of auxin transport and of calmodulin on a gravisensing-dependent current in maize roots.
Some characteristics of the gravity sensing mechanism in maize root caps were investigated using a bioelectric current as an… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Geotropism in corn roots: evidence for its mediation by differential Acid efflux.
The elongation zone in intact growing corn roots secretes acid leading to a reduced pH along the surface of the root and in the… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Specific inhibition of phototropism in corn seedlings.
Geotropism was used as a control for the specificity of potential inhibitors of phototropism by the coleoptiles of corn (Zea mays… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Concentration dependencies of some effects of ethylene on etiolated pea, peanut, bean, and cotton seedlings.
The effects of a series of concentrations of ethylene (10, 20, 40, to 10,240 nl/l) on elongation, diameter, and geotropism of the… 
Review
1964
Review
1964
Movement of Auxin in Coleoptiles of Zea mays L. during Geotropic Stimulation.
The theory of Cholodny and Went (20) attributes the tropic curvatures of growing plants to an unequal distribution of auxin… 
Review
1963
Review
1963
Transport & Distribution of Auxin during Tropistic Response. I. The Lateral Migration of Auxin in Geotropism.
A central tenet of the theory of tropisms is that shoots are enabled to bend toward light and away froml the earth by a migration… 
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