Measurement of glutathione levels in intact roots of Arabidopsis

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 162-173

  Fricker, M D ^a   May, M ^b   Meyer, A J ^a   Sheard, N ^a   White, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fluorescence attenuation correction; Glutathione; Glutathione S transferase; Monochlorobimane; Roots

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; LASER EXCITATION; PEPTIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SODIUM AZIDE; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CELL TYPES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ATTENUATION CORRECTION; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASES; GLUTHATHIONE; MONOCHLOROBIMANE; ROOT;

CELLS;

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COLUMELLA;

EID: 0004814446     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00696.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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