A cytoskeletal basis for wood formation in angiosperm trees: The involvement of cortical microtubules

Planta

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-30

  Chaffey, Nigel ^a,b   Barnett, John ^a   Barlow, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesculus (wood formation); Cytodifferentiation; Microtubule; Secondary vascular tissue; Xylem

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL MICROTUBULE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PLANT GROWTH; WOOD;

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM;

EID: 0032909566     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050530     Document Type: Article

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