Perfluorodecalin enhances in vivo confocal microscopy resolution of Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll

New Phytologist

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1018-1025

  Littlejohn, George R ^a   Gouveia, João D ^a   Edner, Christoph ^a   Smirnoff, Nicholas ^a   Love, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Mesophyll; Perfluorocarbon; Perfluorodecalin

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUORODECALIN; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

CYTOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; LASER METHOD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; ORGANOFLUORINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMINATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77953952861     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03244.x     Document Type: Article

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