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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-888X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[TIP. Revista especializada en ciencias químico-biológicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[TIP]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-888X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-888X2006000100030</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Observaciones sobre la estructura del núcleo de células del meristemo de raíz de cebolla (Allium cepa L.) con el microscopio de fuerza atómica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Observations on the nuclear structure of onion (Allium cepa L.) meristematic root cells by atomic force microscopy]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Segura-Valdez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María de Lourdes]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cruz-Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sarai de Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lara-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Reyna]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agredano-Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lourdes Teresa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Felipe]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Ciencias Depto. de Biología Celular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Ciencias Depto. de Biología Celular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Ciencias Depto. de Biología Celular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Ciencias Depto. de Biología Celular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Ciencias Depto. de Biología Celular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Ciencias Depto. de Biología Celular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>9</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>30</fpage>
<lpage>33</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-888X2006000100030&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-888X2006000100030&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-888X2006000100030&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La estructura in situ del núcleo de la célula ha sido ampliamente estudiada con el microscopio de luz y con el microscopio electrónico. Recientemente se ha comenzado a utilizar el microscopio de fuerza atómica para este propósito. En este trabajo se presentan observaciones con el microscopio de fuerza atómica sobre la estructura del núcleo a partir de cortes semifinos de material preparado con métodos estándar para microscopía electrónica. En los núcleos de las células de la raíz de cebolla se observan elementos nucleares como los cúmulos de cromatina compacta, espacios que corresponden al nucleoplasms, poros nucleares y nucléolos. Las imágenes son similares a estructuras observadas con el microscopio de campo claro, aunque la resolución es mayor.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The in situ structure of the cell has been extensively studied by light and electron microscopy. Recently, atomic force microscopy has been also used to this aim. In this study, atomic force microscopy observations on the nuclear structure are presented from semi-thin sections of material prepared for standard methods of electron microscopy. In the onion root tip cell nuclei, clumps of compact chromatin, nucleoplasm space, nuclear pores and nucleoli are observed. Those images well correspond to those observed by bright field, although at higher resolution.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cebolla]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cromatina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[microscopía de fuerza atómica (AFM)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[núcleo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nucléolo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Onion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chromatin]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[atomic force microscopy (AFM)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nucleus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nucleolus]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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