The three-dimensional images and intracellular calcium analysis of Weigela floridacv and Lonicera Japonica Thunb Pollen

Nano Biomedicine and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Liu, Dongwu ^a   Chen, Zhiwei ^a   Wang, Xue ^a   Xu, Hongzhi ^a   Wang, Lina ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Confocal microscope; Pollen; Reconstruction; Three dimensional image

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053254444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21505578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v1i1.p57-60     Document Type: Article

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