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| + | <p>The common onion (<i>Allium cepa</i>) is often used to examine individual plant cells because of the ease of isolating sheets of cells that are one cell thick. The onion bulb can be sectioned into quarters or eighths. Then, the individual scale leaves can be separated.</p> | ||
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To view an animation on how the myosin motors move the spherosomes along the actin fibers: | To view an animation on how the myosin motors move the spherosomes along the actin fibers: | ||
[[http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_myosin.html]] | [[http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_myosin.html]] | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 29 June 2010
Optical Tweezers of Onion Cells
Preparation of onion epidermis for optical trapping experiments
The common onion (Allium cepa) is often used to examine individual plant cells because of the ease of isolating sheets of cells that are one cell thick. The onion bulb can be sectioned into quarters or eighths. Then, the individual scale leaves can be separated.
To view an animation on how the myosin motors move the spherosomes along the actin fibers: [[1]]
