High resolution scanning electron microscopy of plasmodesmata

Planta

Volumn 234, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 749-758

  Brecknock, Sarah ^a   Dibbayawan, Teresa P ^a   Vesk, Maret ^a   Vesk, Peter A ^a,b   Faulkner, Christine ^a,c   Barton, Deborah A ^a   Overall, Robyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell to cell communication; Chara; High resolution scanning electron microscopy; Plasmodesmata

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; PECTIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL WALL; CHARA; CHEMISTRY; FERN; MERISTEM; METHODOLOGY; ONION; PLASMODESMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; CHARA; FERNS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ONIONS; PECTINS; PLASMODESMATA;

ALGAE; CHARA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 80053131340     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1440-x     Document Type: Article

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