Plant Roots
"Plant Roots" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The usually underground portions of a plant that serve as support, store food, and through which water and mineral nutrients enter the plant. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 1982; Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
| Descriptor ID |
D018517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Plant Roots- Plant Roots
- Plant Root
- Root, Plant
- Roots, Plant
Plant Bulbs- Plant Bulbs
- Bulb, Plant
- Bulbs, Plant
- Plant Bulb
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Neuteboom LW, Ng JM, Kuyper M, Clijdesdale OR, Hooykaas PJ, van der Zaal BJ. Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones corresponding with mRNAs that accumulate during auxin-induced lateral root formation. Plant Mol Biol. 1999 Jan; 39(2):273-87.