Lead in the apoplast of Allium cepa L. root tips - Ultrastructural studies

Plant Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-119

  Wierzbicka, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allium cepo L.; Cell wall polysaccharides; Detoxification of lead; Lead; Plasmatubule

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; DETOXIFICATION; HYPOTHESIS; ONION; PLANT ROOT;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0032489773     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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