Cadmium effects on the organization of microtubular cytoskeleton in interphase and mitotic cells of Allium sativum

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-390

  Xu, P ^a   Liu, D ^a   Jiang, W ^a  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Root tip cells; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 70349325954     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-009-0073-4     Document Type: Article

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