The role of the cytoskeleton and dictyosome activity in the pulsatory growth of Nicotiana tabacum and Petunia hybrida pollen tubes

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 102-109

  Geitmann, Anja ^a   Li, Yi Qin ^a   Cresti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brefeldin A; Colchicine; Cytochalasin D; Monensin; Pollen tube; Pulsatory growth; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000414251     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00549.x     Document Type: Article

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