Tungsten affects the cortical microtubules of Pisum sativum root cells: Experiments on tungsten-molybdenum antagonism

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-124

  Adamakis, I D S ^a   Panteris, E ^a   Eleftheriou, E P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Cnx1 protein; Cortical microtubules; Molybdenum; Pisum sativum; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDIC ACID; TUBULIN MODULATOR; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTIC ACID; TUNGSTATE;

ANTAGONISM; DICOTYLEDON; MOLYBDENUM; PROTEIN; SEEDLING; TOXIC MATERIAL; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MERISTEM; MICROTUBULE; PEA; PLANT ROOT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECTS;

MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MOLYBDENUM; PEAS; PLANT ROOTS; TUBULIN MODULATORS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 77950518262     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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