Unbiased estimation of chloroplast number in mesophyll cells: Advantage of a genuine three-dimensional approach

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 609-620

  Kubínová, Zuzana ^a   Janáček, Jiří ^b   Lhotáková, Zuzana ^a   Kubínová, Lucie ^b   Albrechtová, Jana ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; coniferous needle structure; disector method; Keywords: Chloroplast counting; mesophyll; Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.); profile counting; stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLOROPLAST; CHLOROPLAST COUNTING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONIFEROUS NEEDLE STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DISECTOR METHOD; MESOPHYLL; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES L. KARST.); PROFILE COUNTING; SPRUCE; STEREOLOGY.; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHLOROPLAST COUNTING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONIFEROUS NEEDLE STRUCTURE; DISECTOR METHOD; MESOPHYLL; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES L. KARST.); PROFILE COUNTING; STEREOLOGY.;

CHLOROPLASTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MESOPHYLL CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA;

EID: 84893262103     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert407     Document Type: Article

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