Diversity of cell lengths in terminal portions of roots: Implications to cell proliferation

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-251

  Evans, Lance S ^a  

^a Laboratory of Plant Morphogenesis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell lengths; Critical cell length; Exponential cell age distribution; Root meristems

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT;

EID: 0034117683     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(00)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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