A cryohistological protocol for preparation of large plant tissue sections for screening intracellular fluorescent protein expression

BioTechniques

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Knapp, Elisabeth ^a   Flores, Rosemary ^a   Scheiblin, David ^b   Modla, Shannon ^b   Czymmek, Kirk ^b   Yusibov, Vidadi ^a  

^a Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal imaging; Cryostat; Epifluorescence; Fixation; GFP; Plant tissue

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FREEZING; MICROSCOPY; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PETIOLE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT CELLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANACEAE; TISSUE FIXATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84855894767     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113778     Document Type: Article

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