An efficient method for flow cytometric analysis of pollen and detection of 2n nuclei in Brassica napus pollen

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 196-202

  Pan, Gang ^a,b   Zhou, Yongming ^a,b   Fowke, Larry C ^a   Wang, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; DNA content; Flow cytometry; Pollen nuclei; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; ULTRASONICS;

FLOW CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS; NYLON MESH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; RAPESEED; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHEAT;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIPLOIDY; DNA, PLANT; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; POLLEN; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRITICUM;

GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; POLLEN; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 6344258884     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0830-y     Document Type: Article

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