A simple and rapid method for determining cell survival in the cryopreserved shoot apex using luciferin-luciferase ATP assay

Plant Science

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Sugawara, Yasutake ^a   Takeuchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATP assay; Cryopreservation; Luciferin luciferase; Pisum sativum; Shoot apex; Survival determination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIQUID NITROGEN; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT SEED;

EID: 0031555279     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00226-4     Document Type: Article

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