High-resolution whole-mount imaging of three-dimensional tissue organization and gene expression enables the study of phloem development and structure in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1494-1503

  Truernit, Elisabeth ^a   Bauby, Hélène ^a,c   Dubreucq, Bertrand ^a   Grandjean, Olivier ^a   Runions, John ^b,d   Barthélémy, Julien ^a   Palauqui, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55949107508     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.056069     Document Type: Article

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