Plant cell biology in the new millennium: New tools and new insights

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1547-1560

  Blancaflor, Elison B ^a   Gilroy, Simon ^b  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caged probes; Cell biology (plants); Confocal microscopy; Green fluorescent protein; Laser tweezers; Light microscopy, ratio imaging; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033666674     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656730     Document Type: Review

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