An aluminum-morin fluorescence assay for the visualization and determination of aluminum in cultured cells of Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. BY-2

Plant Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Vitorello, Victor A ^a,c   Haug, Alfred ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aluminum uptake; Fluorometric assay; Morin; Nicotiana tabacum; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004452055     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04546-3     Document Type: Article

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