Primary and secondary plant cell walls: A comparative overview

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-53

  Harris, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell wall models; Chemistry; Histochemistry; Immuno cytochemistry; Light microscopy; Lignified walls; Non cellulosic polysaccharides; Primary cell walls; Secondary cell walls; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGNIFIED WALLS; NON-CELLULOSIC POLYSACCHARIDES; PRIMARY CELL WALLS; SECONDARY CELL WALLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

EID: 33746996014     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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