Polarity and endoplasmic microtubules in food-conducting cells of mosses: An experimental study

New Phytologist

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-516

  Ligrone, Roberto ^a   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a Cattedra di Geografia del Paesaggio e dell'Ambiente   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophyta; Cellular polarity; Cytoskeleton; Endomembrane system; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; MNIUM; MNIUM HORNUM; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM JUNIPERINUM;

EID: 0242407963     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04368.x     Document Type: Article

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