Histochemical staining of Arabidopsis thaliana secondary cell wall elements

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 87, 2014, Pages

  Pradhan Mitra, Prajakta ^a,b   Loqué, Dominique ^a,b  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcofluor white; Cell wall staining methods; Cellular biology; Congo red; Fibers; Issue 87; Lignin; M ule staining; Phloroglucinol; Plant cell wall; Polysaccharides; Toluidine blue O; Xylem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900543606     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51381     Document Type: Article

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