Definition of Phototropic. Meaning of Phototropic. Synonyms of Phototropic

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Definition of Phototropic

Phototropic
Phototropic Pho`to*trop"ic, a. [Photo- + Gr. ? to turn.] (Bot.) Same as Heliotropic.

Meaning of Phototropic from wikipedia

- single mutants have phototropic responses like that of the wild-type, but phot1 phot2 double mutants do not show any phototropic responses. The amounts...
- time strongly depended on the brightness (positive phototropic for weak light, and negative phototropic for bright light, like sunlight). A botanist studying...
- curves towards the light. Peter Boysen Jensen showed in 1910 that the phototropic stimulus in an oat coleoptile is mobile and can propagate through an...
- In 1910, Danish scientist Peter Boysen Jensen demonstrated that the phototropic stimulus in the oat coleoptile could propagate through an incision. These...
- convert small molecular fatty acids into hydrogen and other products. Phototropic bacteria produce hydrogen gas via photofermentation, where the hydrogen...
- found that blue light causes the plant Arabidopsis thaliana to exhibit a phototropic response; this curvature is heightened with the addition of red light...
- by the sea water. The dark color of the water is caused by a layer of phototropic microorganisms concentrated in a dense, purple colored layer at 15 to...
- Pyramimonas is a genus of green algae in the order Pyramimonadales. Phototropic euglenids inherited their plastids from a close relative of Pyramimonas...
- 2-dihydro-ψ,ψ-caroten-1-ol) is a carotenoid. It is a major carotenoid of phototropic bacteria such as Rhodomicrobium vannielii and Rhodopseudomonas acidophila...
- all year round. It can also be used as a UV indicator because it is phototropic and sensitive to radiation. When found naturally the plants can be seen...