Comparative development of intertracheary pit membranes in Abies firma and Metasequoia glyptostroboides

IAWA Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-289

  Dute, Roland ^a   Hagler, LaToya ^a   Black, Adam ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies; Metasequoia; Pit membrane; Plasmodesma; Plastid; Torus; Torus extension

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES FIRMA; CUPRESSACEAE; METASEQUOIA; METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES; PINACEAE;

EID: 51449102317     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000186     Document Type: Article

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