Visualisation of microtubules and actin filaments in fixed BY-2 suspension cells using an optimised whole mount immunolabelling protocol

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 758-766

  Szechyńska Hebda, Magdalena ^a   Wędzony, Maria ^b   Dubas, Ewa ^a   Kieft, Henk ^a   Van Lammeren, André ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b THE FRANCISZEK GÓRSKI INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Cell division; Cytoskeleton; Immunocytochemistry; Microtubules; Tobacco BY 2 cells

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FORMALDEHYDE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO;

ACTIN FILAMENTS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULES; TOBACCO BY-2 CELLS;

PIGMENTS;

CELLS; FILAMENTS; FORMALDEHYDE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33746042135     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0089-y     Document Type: Article

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