Directional cell-to-cell communication in the Arabidopsis root apical meristem I. An ultrastructural and functional analysis

Protoplasma

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 35-47

  Zhu, T ^a,b   Lucas, W J ^a   Rost, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical meristem; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fluorescence imaging; Plasmodesmatal distribution; Root development

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL WALL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT LABELING; PROBE; ROOTING;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031686305     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280585     Document Type: Article

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