Near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses as a novel non-invasive means for dye-permeation and 3D imaging of localised dye-coupling in the Arabidopsis root meristem

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-370

  Tirlapur, Uday K ^a   König, Karsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HAIR CELL; LASER; MODEL; NEAR INFRARED FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COLUMELLA;

COLORING AGENT; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; LASER; MERISTEM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LASERS; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT ROOTS; PROPIDIUM;

EID: 0033220381     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.t01-1-00603.x     Document Type: Article

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