1971/10/29 by Ruth L. Satter, Arthur W. Galston · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Neuroscience · #Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Plant Reproductive Biology #Endogeny #Rhythm #Phytochrome #Leaflet (botany) #Flux (metallurgy) #Movement (music) #Potassium #Dorsum #Biology #Chemistry #Neuroscience #Physics #Botany #Anatomy #Biochemistry #Acoustics
paper · doi:10.1126/science.174.4008.518
openalex publication_date 1971/10/29 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Leaflets close when potassium moves into dorsal and out of ventral pulvinule motor cells and open when the flux direction is reversed. This is true whether leaflet movement is controlled by an endogenous rhythm or by phytochrome.