Vessel-associated cells in angiosperm xylem: Highly specialized living cells at the symplast-apoplast boundary

Morris, Hugh Laboratory for Applied Wood Materials; Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research; St. Gallen Switzerland
Plavcová, Lenka University of Hradec Králové; Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Rokitanského 62 500 03 Hradec Králové Czech Republic
Gorai, Mustapha University of Gabes; Higher Institute of Applied Biology of Medenine; Medenine 4119 Tunisia
Klepsch, Matthias M. Ulm University; Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Kotowska, Martyna Macquarie University; Department of Biological Sciences; North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia
Jochen Schenk, H. California State University Fullerton; Department of Biological Science; 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton CA 92831-3599 USA
Jansen, Steven Ulm University; Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany