Immuno-localization of calmodulin in unfertilized and fertilized embryo sacs in Nicotiana tabacum var. macrophylla

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 683-687

  Fu, Ying ^a   Chen, Yi Feng ^a   Liang, Shi Ping ^a   Yang, Hong Yuan ^a   Zhou, Chang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Embryo sac; Immunocytochemical localization; Nicotiana tabacum var macrophylla

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000687376     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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