Atomic Force Microscopy of Plant Cell Walls

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 715, Issue , 2011, Pages 169-178

  Kirby, Andrew R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artifact; Atomic force microscopy; Tissue

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; POTATO;

ARTIFACTS; CELL WALL; MALUS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PLANTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79957707785     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-008-9_12     Document Type: Chapter

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