A cell-to-cell macromolecular transport assay in Planta utilizing biolistic bombardment

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 42, 2010, Pages

  Ueki, Shoko ^a   Meyers, Benjamin L ^a   Yasmin, Farzana ^b   Citovsky, Vitaly ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cellular Biology; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescent protein; Issue 42; Microbombardment; Plant; Symplastic transport; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055116758     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2208     Document Type: Article

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