Root cap mucilage and extracellular calcium as modulators of cellular growth in postmitotic growth zones of the maize root apex

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-34

  Baluska F ^a,b,c   Volkmann, D ^a   Hauskrecht, M ^c   Barlow, P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell elongation; Cell shapes; Maize root; Microtubules; Postmitotic growth zones; Root cap mucilage; Root growth; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0003063839     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00866.x     Document Type: Article

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