Monitoring and visualising plant cuticles by confocal laser scanning microscopy

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 789-794

  Fernández, Sara ^a   Osorio, Sonia ^a   Heredia, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Cuticle; Cutin; Flavonoids; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344496510     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(00)86692-9     Document Type: Article

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