Effects of fixatives and permeabilisation buffers on pollen tubes: Implications for localisation of actin microfilaments using phalloidin staining

Protoplasma

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Doris, Fiona P ^a   Steer, Martin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoplasmic streaming; Fixation; Microfilaments; Permeabilisation; Pollen tube; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA;

EID: 0030458803     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279184     Document Type: Article

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