PLANT STEMS - A POSSIBLE MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSDUCTION OF MECHANICAL INFORMATION IN BONE MODELING

Authors
GOLDSMITH P
Citation
P. Goldsmith, PLANT STEMS - A POSSIBLE MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSDUCTION OF MECHANICAL INFORMATION IN BONE MODELING, Bone, 15(3), 1994, pp. 249-250
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Bone → ACNP
ISSN journal
87563282
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
249 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-3282(1994)15:3<249:PS-APM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
As a grass stem bends in the wind, signals at the subcellular level in itiate a process of stem strengthening. The same happens in human bone s. What have the two got in common?