The leafy stems of Sphagnum (Bryophyta) contain highly differentiated polarized cells with axial arrays of endoplasmic microtubules

New Phytologist

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 567-579

  Ligrone, Roberto ^a   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a CNISM Unità Napoli 2   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic polarity; Microtubules; Plasmodesmata; Sphagnum; Symplasmic transport

Indexed keywords

MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0031769612     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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