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thigmotropism

directional growth movement which occurs as a mechanosensory reaction to touching it.
Class type of: tropism, response to mechanical stimulus Q2302125

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
biological process
Subclass of
tropism, response to mechanical stimulus, tropism[2][3][4]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en GO:0009652 en thigmotrophism en thigmotropism ar انتحاء لمسي cs Haptotropismus cs Thigmotropismus el Στερεοτροπισμός el Απτοτροπισμός el Θιγμοτροπισμός es tigmotropismo fa بساوش‌گردی fr haptotropisme fr thigmotropisme he נהיית מגע it aptotropismo it pianta sensitiva ja 接触屈性 nl thigmotropie pl haptotropizm pl tigmotropizm
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/15626
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org
Freebase ID
/m/04dv21
Gene Ontology ID
GO:0009652
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
haptotropisme
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0113546
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
thigmotropism
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
144445407
Treccani Vocabulary ID
aptotropismo
UMLS CUI
C1155311

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
biological process
Subclass of 1
tropism
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Summary

thigmotropism is a biological process[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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