Table 1 Quantitative measurements in 3D reconstructed tomograms of plant cells nuclei.

From: Dehydration of plant cells shoves nuclei rotation allowing for 3D phase-contrast tomography

 

MO = 25× λ = 532 nm

MO = 20× λ = 632.8 nm

Mean ± std (*)

Cell 1

Cell 2

Cell 3

Cell 4

Cell 5

Cell 6

Nuclear volume [μm3]

1377.42

1085.82

2664.99

1954.09

3275.01

3102.74

2066.85 ± 844.14

Nuclear equivalent radius [μm]

6.90

6.38

8.6

7.76

9.21

9.05

7.75 ± 1.14

Nuclear 1st principal axis [μm]

19.61

19.22

25.22

20.63

24.73

23.74

21.58 ± 3.87

Nuclear 2nd principal axis [μm]

13.89

14.97

14.35

13.79

16.00

15.50

14.50 ± 1.98

Nuclear 3rd principal axis [μm]

6.98

5.26

10.14

9.51

11.41

11.58

8.84 ± 2.22

Nuclear average RI

1.39

1.39

1.38

1.38

1.38

1.38

1.38 ± 0.01

Nuclear standard deviation RI

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

Nuclear minimum RI

1.35

1.35

1.36

1.35

1.35

1.35

1.35 ± 0.01

Nuclear maximum RI

1.43

1.42

1.42

1.42

1.41

1.40

1.42 ± 0.01

Nuclear dry mass [pg]

370.51

295.25

599.47

482.00

722.34

660.85

498.90 ± 180.80

Nucleolar volume [μm3]

50.25

40.12

82.69

55.63

101.97

106.88

69.62 ± 27.24

Nucleolar equivalent radius [μm]

2.29

2.12

2.70

2.37

2.90

2.94

2.51 ± 0.35

Nucleolar 1st principal axis [μm]

4.95

4.53

5.32

4.93

5.67

6.18

5.20 ± 0.67

Nucleolar 2nd principal axis [μm]

3.96

3.77

5.14

3.99

5.13

4.93

4.40 ± 0.62

Nucleolar 3rd principal axis [μm]

3.56

3.25

4.21

3.90

4.85

4.82

4.01 ± 0.69

Nucleolar average RI

1.41

1.41

1.40

1.39

1.39

1.38

1.40 ± 0.01

Nucleolar standard deviation RI

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

Nucleolar minimum RI

1.37

1.38

1.38

1.37

1.37

1.35

1.37 ± 0.01

Nucleolar maximum RI

1.43

1.42

1.42

1.42

1.41

1.40

1.42 ± 0.01

Nucleolar dry mass [pg]

17.95

14.58

26.77

16.27

31.07

26.03

21.97 ± 8.12

Nucleolar-nuclear volume ratio [%]

3.65

3.70

3.10

2.85

3.11

3.44

3.41 ± 0.31

  1. The values reported in the column marked with (*) are estimated over 44 nuclei.