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Kinetics of Chloroplast Contraction and Negative Phototaxis inMougeotia sp. Induced by High Radiant Flux Density

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Biologia Plantarum

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Time-lapse microcinecmatography showed that the negative prototactic response of the chloroplast lasted 11–19 min and was completed 40 min after the beginning of irradiation; the contraction reached 11% in 60 min.

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Hřib, J. Kinetics of Chloroplast Contraction and Negative Phototaxis inMougeotia sp. Induced by High Radiant Flux Density. Biol Plant 18, 234–236 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922814

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