Structure-function relationships during secondary phloem development in an angiosperm tree, Aesculus hippocastanum: Microtubules and cell walls

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 777-786

  Chaffey, Nigel ^a,b   Barlow, Peter ^b   Barnett, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambium; Cytodifferentiation; Horse chestnut; Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy; Sieve tube members

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001349556     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.12.777     Document Type: Article

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