Isolation of viable sperm cells from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Zygote

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Cao, Yajuan ^a   Reece, Adonis ^a   Russell, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotiana tabacum; Semi vivo; Sperm isolation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

3',6' DIACETYLFLUORESCEIN; 3',6'-DIACETYLFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLEN; TOBACCO;

CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLLEN; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030133602     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719940000294X     Document Type: Article

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