Leaf rolling allows quantification of mRNA abundance in mesophyll cells of sorghum

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 807-813

  Covshoff, Sarah ^a   Furbank, Robert T ^b   Leegood, Richard C ^c   Hibberd, Julian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C4 photosynthesis; Cell specificity; Mesophyll cells; Monocots; RNA isolation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BOTANY; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SORGHUM;

BIOMECHANICS; BOTANY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MESOPHYLL CELLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SORGHUM;

LILIOPSIDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875780674     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers286     Document Type: Article

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