Electron microscopic investigation of water occlusions in intercellular spaces in the inner cortex of lucerne nodules

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-71

  Weisbach, C ^a   Walther, P ^a   Hartwig, U A ^a   Nosberger, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryo fixation; Lucerne; Medicago sativa; Nitrogenase activity; Nodule morphology; Nodule oxygen permeability; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TENSION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER CONTENT;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0033150325     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4100     Document Type: Article

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