Caged probes: A novel tool in studying symplasinic transport in plant tissues

Protoplasma

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-66

  Martens, H J ^a   Hansen, M ^a   Schulz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Caged fluorescein; Intercellular communication; Onion bulb epidermis; Photoactivation; Plasmodesma

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ONION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLASMODESMA; PROTOPLAST; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITROBENZENES; ONIONS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANTS; PLASMODESMATA; PROTOPLASTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 1542319159     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-003-0029-z     Document Type: Article

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