Impact of taxol-mediated stabilization of microtubules on nuclear morphology, ploidy levels and cell growth in maize roots

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-231

  Baluška, František ^a,b,c   Šamaj, Jozef ^a,d   Volkmann, Dieter ^a   Barlow, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Microtubules; Nuclear chromatin; Ploidy levels; Taxol; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL VOLUME; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INTERPHASE; MAIZE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0343683279     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)80038-X     Document Type: Article

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