A novel procedure for gentle isolation and separation of intact infected and uninfected protoplasts from the central tissue of Vicia faba L. root nodules

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1117-1126

  Peiter, Edgar ^a,b   Imani, J ^a   Yan, F ^a   Schubert, S ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell separation; Faba bean; Membrane transport; Plasma membrane; Protein storage vacuole; Protoplast isolation; Root nodule; Viability test

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; MEMBRANE; NODULATION;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIUM; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0038134178     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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