Fluorescence shell: A novel view of sclereid morphology with the confocal laser scanning microscope

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 282-288

  Angeles, Guillermo ^a   Owens, Shirley A ^b   Ewers, Frank W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Cellwalls; CLSM; Fluorescence; Pear; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FRUITS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; CELL WALLS; CELLWALL; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; PEAR; PYRUS CALLERYANA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; WALL SURFACES;

FLUORESCENCE;

DYE; LIGNIN; SAFRANIN O; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; CELL WALL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PEAR; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; PYRUS CALLERYANA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 2542642487     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20043     Document Type: Article

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