Plant cell biology : structure and function

Introduction: Microscopy of Plant Cells Introductory Survey 1 Plant Cell (1): Light Microscopy 2 Plant Cell (2): Overview by Electron Microscopy 3 Plant Cell (3): Ultrastructural Details 4 Plant Cell (4): Cell Surface - Plasma Membrane and Primary Cell Wall Nucleus 5 Nucleus (1): Nuclear Envelope and Chromatin 6 Nucleus (2): Nucleolus Endoplasmic Reticulum 7 Endoplasmic Reticulum and Polyribosomes 8 Smooth and Cortical Endoplasmic Reticulum (Also See Colour Plate 36) Golgi Apparatus and Coated Vesicles 9 Membranes of the Golgi Apparatus 10 Relationships between Golgi Apparatus, Endoplasmic Reticulum and Nuclear Envelope 11 A Visual Example of Biosynthesis in the Golgi Apparatus: Production and Exocytosis of Scales 12 Mucilage Secretion by Root Cap Cells 13 Plant Golgi Stacks: Compartments and Assembly 14 Protein Targeting in the Endomembrane System 15 Coated Vesicles Vacuoles 16 Vacuoles, Plasmolysis and Links between the Cytoplasm and the Cell Wall Mitochondria 17 Membranes of Mitochondria 18 Variations in Mitochondrial Morphology Nucleic Acids in Mitochondria and Plastids 19 Partial Autonomy of Mitochondria and Plastids Plastids 20 Plastids (1): Development of Proplastids to Etioplasts and Chloroplasts 21 Plastids (2): Chloroplasts and Thylakoids 22 Plastids (3): Chloroplast Membranes 23 Plastids (4): Components of the Stroma 24 Plastids (5): Dimorphic Chloroplasts in the C-4 Plant, Zea Mays 25 Plastids (6): Etioplasts and Prolamellar Bodies (i) 26 Plastids (7): Etioplasts and Prolamellar Bodies (ii) 27 Plastids (8) The Greening Process: From Etioplast to Chloroplast 28 Plastids (9): Amyloplasts 29 Plastids (10): Chromoplasts Microbodies 30 Microbodies Cytoskeleton 31 The Cytoskeleton: F-Actin and Microtubules 32 Cortical Microtubules 33 Cell Wall Microfibril Synthesis 34 Microtubules in Interphase and Cell Division 35 Microfilaments of F-Actin Cell Division 36 Endoplasmic Reticulum 37 Microtubules during the Cell Division Cycle 38 Mitosis in Haemanthus Endosperm Cells 39 Mitosis in Tradescantia Stamen Hair Cells 40 The Preprophase Band in Asymmetrical Cell Division (Subsidiary Cell Formation in Stomatal Complexes) 41 Mitosis: Prophase 42 Mitosis: Prometaphase and Metaphase 43 Mitosis: Anaphase - Early Telophase 44 Mitosis: Telophase and Cytokinesis Transport between Cells 45 Plasmodesmata 46 Transfer Cells Vascular Tissue 47 Xylem (1): Developing Xylem Elements 48 Xylem (2): Mature Xylem and Xylem Parenchyma 49 Phloem (1): Sieve Element and Companion Cell 50 Phloem (2): Sieve Plates and Sieve Plate Pores 51 Endodermis and Casparian Strip The Plant Surface 52 Wax and Cuticle 53 Apoplastic Barriers in Glands Plant Reproduction 54 Pollen Grains (1): Developmental Stages 55 The Cytoplasm of Tapetal Cells 56 Pollen Grains (2): The Mature Wall 57 Pollination and the Generative Cell 58 Pollen Tube Cytoplasm 59 Female Reproductive Tissues and Embryogenesis The Plant As a Multicellular Organism 60 Supra-Cellular Collaboration Index