Effects of hexavalent chromium on microtubule organization, ER distribution and callose deposition in root tip cells of Allium cepa L

Protoplasma

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-416

  Eleftheriou, Eleftherios P ^a   Adamakis, Ioannis Dimosthenis S ^a   Melissa, Pelagia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Callose; Cell division cycle; Endoplasmic reticulum; Hexavalent chromium toxicity; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

CALLOSE; CHROMIUM; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; ONION;

CHROMIUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GLUCANS; MERISTEM; MICROTUBULES; ONIONS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84858339627     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0292-3     Document Type: Article

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