Localization of cadmium in granules within differentiating and mature root cells
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Botany
- Vol. 65 (4) , 643-646
- https://doi.org/10.1139/b87-084
Abstract
Cadmium was found in electron-dense granules inside root parenchyma cells of Agrostis gigantea Roth and of Zea mays L. (maize) exposed to 3 mmol m−3 CdSO4. Cadmium-bearing granules were found in the cytoplasm and vacuoles of differentiating and mature cells and in nuclei of undifferentiated cells. Cadmium-bearing granules were absent from cell walls and epidermal cells. In addition to Cd, the electron-dense granules contained variable proportions of Ca, Fe, Ni, P, Pb, and Zn.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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