Ultrastructural distribution of DNA within plant meristematic cell nucleoli during activation and the subsequent inactivation by a cold stress

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-210

  Mineur, Pierre ^a   Jennane, Abdelilah ^a   Thiry, Marc ^a   Deltour, Roger ^a   Goessens, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cold stress; DNA; Germination; Nucleolus; Plant cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLD STRESS; DNA DETERMINATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032215130     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4038     Document Type: Article

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