Immunofluorescence detection of F-actin on low melting point wax sections from plant tissues

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-95

  Vitha, Stanislav ^a,d   Baluška, František ^b,c   Mews, Miriam ^c   Volkmann, Dieter ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Fixation; Immunofluorescence; Maize root

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAIZE; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031030624     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500112     Document Type: Article

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