Photomovement (Comprehensive Series in Photosciences)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: July 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 940
ISBN-13: 9780444507068
Subjects: Biochemistry; Photobiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Life Sciences - Botany; Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Biophysics; Phototropism; Phototropism in animals; Phototropism in plants
First sentence: The present volume refers to photomovement in a broad sense, comprising: 1. several types of light responses of motile organisms, i.e. modulation of movement in time and/or space (bacteria, lower algae, slime molds, ciliates), 2. light-controlled reversible or irreversible redistribution of cell organelles, particularly chloroplasts (green plants at all levels of organization), and 3. phototropism and photonasty, i.e. bending response with and without respect to the light direction, the former concerning unicellular and multicellular organisms (including higher plants), the latter mainly regulation of stomatal aperture in higher plants, but also flower movements etc.