Some retrospectives on early studies of plant microtubules

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-201

  Hepler, Peter K ^a   Pickett Heaps, Jeremy D ^b   Gunning, Brian E S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

glutaraldehyde; microtubule; microtubule organizing center; mitotic spindle; phragmoplast; preprophase band

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDES; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTERS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE; PHRAGMOPLAST; PREPROPHASE BAND;

BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FERN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHRAGMOPLAST; PLANT CELL; PREPROPHASE BAND; RESEARCH; SPINDLE APPARATUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GLUTARALDEHYDE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOTIC SPINDLE; PHRAGMOPLAST; PREPROPHASE BAND;

FERNS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; PLANT CELLS; RESEARCH; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

MYRON;

EID: 84879963871     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12176     Document Type: Article

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