ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF RHIZOID FORMATION IN THE RED ALGA, GRIFFITHSIA BORNETIANA
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- 20 September 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 18 (1), 1-21
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.18.1.1
Abstract
1. Direct galvanic current of 10 to 40 microamperes per square millimeter of cross-section of medium results in anodal determination of rhizoid origin in the differentiated cells of the red alga Griffithsia bornetiana. The current is most effective near the upper end of the range.Keywords
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