J Integr Plant Biol. ›› 1990, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): -.
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Hu A-lin, Jeng De-zhang, Jiao Ming-da, Tong De-juan and Hao Shui
Abstract: Three-dimensional structures of meristematic cells of Allium cepa were studied using freeze-fracture method under the scanning electron microscope. Two fixation procedures were used. The cells were often fractured between eytoplasm and nucleus when the materials were fixed in 1% OsO4 alone before freeze fracture, whereas the nuclei, were frequently fractured if the materials were fixed first in Carnoy's, solution (ethanol: acetic acid=3:l) and then in 1% OsO4 before freeze fracture. The former fixation procedure is suitable for the study of the interior structures of cytoplasm such as cytoskeleton fibres, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and their three-dimensional topography. The latter fixation method is suitable for the study of interior structures of nucleus such as chromatin, nucleoli, nuclear matrix filaments and their 3-dimensional architectures, especially the 3-dimensional structures of chromatin in fibrillar centre of the nucleolus.
Key words: Plant cells, Freeze-fracture, Scanning electron microscope, Fixatives
Hu A-lin, Jeng De-zhang, Jiao Ming-da, Tong De-juan and Hao Shui. Effects of Different Fixatives on Freeze-Fractured Samples of Plant Cells for SEM Observations[J]. J Integr Plant Biol., 1990, 32(6): -.
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