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abot92-11
Title
Confocal optical section of a living chlorenchyma cell of Bienertia cycloptera
Author
Simon D. X. Chuong Washington State University School of Biological Sciences Pullman Washington 99164-4236 USA
Keywords
anatomy, Bienertia cycloptera, C4 photosynthesis, C4 plants, development, immunolocalization, ultrastructure
Description
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Confocal optical section of a living chlorenchyma cell (stained with the nucleic acid stain acridine orange) of Bienertia cycloptera, which possesses a novel mechanism for C4 photosynthesis. Enzymes and organelles are partitioned into two separate compartments within a single chlorenchyma cell. The nucleus (green) is juxtaposed between a large, central cytoplasmic compartment, densely packed with chloroplasts (red autofluorescence), and a peripheral compartment with uniformly distributed chloroplasts. The cover is dedicated to co-author, Vincent Raymond Franceschi (1953-2005), who contributed to the discovery of single-cell C4 photosynthesis.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Simon D. X. Chuong, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
Bienertia cycloptera
Link URL
http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/11/1784
Link Title
Differentiation of cellular and biochemical features of the single-cell C4 syndrome during leaf deve
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