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Imaging Plant Cells

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Handbook Of Biological Confocal Microscopy

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The history of imaging plant cells is intimately related to the very development of microscopes and microscopical techniques. Some of the early microscopists made extensive use of plant specimens, and Hooke’s description of cork microstructure (Fig. 44.1) will stand in the imagination of many as the structural foundation for the cell theory. There are several reasons for this to have happened: in many respects plant tissues are easier to deal with, easier to slice and peel to the necessary thickness for observation, they have more water, and consequently are less optically dense than many other tissues, often they are naturally pigmented and the cells are usually larger. Above all, the existence of a skeletal cell wall composed of cellulose and other molecules makes plant cells extraordinarily geometric and highly regulated in their structural features. In many instances, these structural components of the plant cell form the basis of its function, making microscopical analysis a recurrent method for cell and developmental biology research.

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  1. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, PT-2780-156, Oeiras, Portugal

    Nuno Moreno

  2. University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

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  3. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, United Kingdom

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  4. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, PT-2780-156, Oeiras, Portugal

    José A. Feijó

  5. Universidade de Lisboa, PT-1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

    José A. Feijó

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Moreno, N., Bougourd, S., Haseloff, J., Feijó, J.A. (2006). Imaging Plant Cells. In: Pawley, J. (eds) Handbook Of Biological Confocal Microscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-45524-2_44

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