Pronounced cytoplasmic pH gradients are not required for tip growth in plant and fungal cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1187-1198

  Parton, R M ^a   Fischer, S ^a   Malho R ^b   Papasouliotis, O ^a   Jelitto, T C ^a,c   Leonard, T ^a   Read, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agapanthus; Confocal ratio imaging; Cytoplasmic pH; Dryopteris; Hypha; Neurospora; Pollen tube; Rhizoid; SNARF; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BENZOPYRANS; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NAPHTHOLS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLANTS; POLLEN; RHODAMINES;

AGAPANTHUS; AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS AFFINIS; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030983118     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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