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1. Deconvolution Microscopy

   Since its introduction in 1983, deconvolution microscopy has become a key image-processing tool for visualizing the cellular structures of fixed and...

   Jean-Baptiste Sibarita in Microscopy Techniques

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2. Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy in Single Molecule Nanobioscience

   Recent development in total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) has made it possible to directly monitor the behaviors of...

   Tetsuichi Wazawa, Masahiro Ueda in Microscopy Techniques

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3. Tracking Movement in Cell Biology

   This article is an overview of techniques for measuring movement of proteins, vesicles and cells using digital image processing. Diverse techniques...

   Kota Miura in Microscopy Techniques

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4. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)

   Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a technique to map the spatial distribution of nanosecond excited state lifetimes within...

   Erik B. van Munster, Theodorus W. J. Gadella in Microscopy Techniques

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5. Spectral Imaging and Linear Unmixing in Light Microscopy

   Fluorescence microscopy is an essential tool for modern biological research. The wide range of available fluorophores and labeling techniques allows...

   Timo Zimmermann in Microscopy Techniques

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6. Degradation and Preservation of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments

   Organic matter that is deposited in aquatic sediments is subject to an intense diagenetic reactor that determines how much organic carbon is...

   Stuart G. Wakeham, Elizabeth A. Canuel in Marine Organic Matter: Biomarkers, Isotopes and DNA

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7. Somatic and Zygotic Embryogenesis in Avocado

   Avocado is a species widely cultivated for its highly nutritious fruit. Currently, soil-borne diseases such as Phytophthora root rot are severe...

   C. Sánchez-Romero, B. Márquez-Martín, F. Pliego-Alfaro in Somatic Embryogenesis

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8. Genomic and Molecular Analyses of Transporters in the Male Gametophyte

   The major events of male reproductive development and function have been known for years, but the molecular and cellular bases of these processes...

   Heven Sze, Sabine Frietsch, ... Jeffrey F. Harper in The Pollen Tube

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9. Differential Gene Expression During Somatic Embryogenesis

   Somatic embryogenesis is a complex developmental program in which somatic cells are induced for a commitment towards forming totipotent...

   P. Suprasanna, V. A. Bapat in Somatic Embryogenesis

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10. Embryogenesis in Catharanthus roseus: Roles of Some External Factors in Proliferation, Maturation and Germination of Embryos

    Catharanthus roseus is an important medicinal plant that contains two well-known anticancerous alkaloids, vincristine and vinblastine. Cell...

    A. Junaid, A. Mujib, ... M. P. Sharma in Somatic Embryogenesis

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11. Participation of Plant Hormones in Determination and Progression of Somatic Embryogenesis

    In vitro culture protocols have been developed for many species, mainly using empirical approaches, to induce somatic embryogenesis from various...

    Víctor M. Jiménez, Clément Thomas in Somatic Embryogenesis

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12. Rab GTPases in Plant Endocytosis

    The Rab family is part of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases. In eukaryotes Rab GTPases are present as members of gene families, and the...

    Erik Nielsen in Plant Endocytosis

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13. Methods and Molecular Tools for Studying Endocytosis in Plants---an Overview

    Proteins of the endocytosis machinery in plants, such as clathrin and adaptor proteins, were isolated and characterized using combinations of...

    Jozef Šamaj in Plant Endocytosis

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14. Storage Proteins and Peroxidase Activity During Zygotic and Somatic Embryogenesis of Firs (Abies sp.)

    Somatic embryogenesis was initiated from immature embryos of Abies concolor (Gord. et Glend), A. numidica De Lann. and A. cilicica Carr., A....

    A. Kormut'ák, B. Vooková in Somatic Embryogenesis

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15. Protein Markers for Somatic Embryogenesis

    The capacity for somatic embryogenesis is a remarkable property of plant cells. Somatic embryogenesis is the process by which somatic cells...

    Magdalena I. Tchorbadjieva in Somatic Embryogenesis

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16. Somatic Embryogenesis in Rose: Gene Expression and Genetic Transformation

    Induction of somatic embryogenesis in roses involves several critical steps requiring specific tissue culture media compositions and particular...

    S. S. Korban in Somatic Embryogenesis

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17. Cytological, Physiological and Biochemical Aspectsof Somatic Embryo Formation in Flax

    The cytological, physiological and some biochemical aspects of somatic embryo formation in flax are discussed. From the review it is obvious that...

    Anna Pret'ová, Jozef Šamaj, Bohuš Obert in Somatic Embryogenesis

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18. Tip Growth and Endocytosis in Fungi

    Recent advances in molecular cell biology have provided new insights into different cellular processes that all turn out to contribute to...

    Jürgen Wendland, Andrea Walther in Plant Endocytosis

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19. Auxin Transport and Recycling of PIN Proteins in Plants

    Polar transport of the phytohormone auxin is mediated by plasma-membrane and endosome localized carrier proteins. PIN proteins are the best...

    Ru** Chen, Patrick H. Masson in Plant Endocytosis

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20. Why Somatic Plant Cells Start to form Embryos?

    Embryogenesis in plants is not restricted to the fertilized egg cell but can be naturally or artificially induced in many different cell types,...

    Attila Fehér in Somatic Embryogenesis

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