Onion epidermis as a new model to study the control of growth anisotropy in higher plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4175-4187

  Suslov, Dmitry ^a,b   Verbelen, Jean Pierre ^a   Vissenberg, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Cellulose orientation; Extensiometry; Growth anisotropy; Onion

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FIBER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ONION; PLANT EPIDERMIS;

CELLULOSE; MICROFIBRILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONIONS; PLANT EPIDERMIS;

ALLIUM CEPA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 70349673593     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp251     Document Type: Article

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