Globular and fibrous structure in barley chromosomes revealed by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Iwano, Megumi ^a   Fukui, Kiichi ^b   Takaichi, Shigeko ^c   Isogai, Akira ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Hokuriku Natl Agr Expt Stn   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barley chromosome; High resolution scanning electron microscopy; Surface structure

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HYDRAZIDE DERIVATIVE; OSMIUM;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; HORDEUM; INTERPHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0030845614     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000038766.53836.c3     Document Type: Article

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