The density of apical cells of dark-grown protonemata of the moss Ceratodon purpureus

Protoplasma

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 225-233

  Schwuchow, J M ^a,b   Kern, V D ^a   Wagner, T ^a,c   Sack, F D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell density; Ceratodon purpureus; Protoplasts; Stereology

Indexed keywords

APICAL CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CELL WALL; CENTRIFUGATION; PROTONEMA; PROTONEMAL FILAMENT; PROTOPLAST; STEREOLOGY;

CERATODON PURPUREUS;

EID: 0034028278     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01304490     Document Type: Article

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