Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy Quantifies Calcium Oscillations in Root Hairs of Arabidopsis Thaliana

    March 2017 in “ Plant and Cell Physiology ”
    Alessia Candeo, Fabrizio Gandolfo Doccula, Gianluca Valentini … Alex Costa
    Studysummary This study used light sheet fluorescence microscopy to successfully image and analyze calcium oscillations in the root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana, finding that these oscillations correlate with the root hair growth rate and that auxin affects these properties.
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