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MeSH Heading: Gravity Sensing
Tree Number(s): G11.561.790.255; G15.375
Unique ID: D018466
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018466
Scope Note: Process whereby a cell, bodily structure, or organism (animal or plant) receives or detects a gravity stimulus. Gravity sensing plays an important role in the directional growth and development of an organism (GRAVITROPISM).
Entry Term(s): Gravisensing; Gravity Perception
Previous Indexing: Gravitation (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see GRAVITY PERCEPTION 1995-2008
History Note: 2009 (1995)
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/07
Revision Date: 2016/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

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