Morphometric analysis of cell length and width as a function of distance from the root cap junction was performed on the same tissue using brightfield and Nomarski DIC optics. This combination of techniques allowed the identification of esterase activity in both the cell wall and cytoplasm and ...
The results thus suggest that PaPIN1 provides an ancient function associated with auxin transport and embryo pattern formation prior to the separation of angiosperms and gymnosperms, in spite of some morphological differences. Issue Section: Orignal Article © Oxford University Press 2010 You do ...