A conditional sterile mutation eliminates surface components from Arabidopsis pollen and disrupts cell signaling during fertilization

Genes and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 974-985

  Preuss, Daphne ^a   Lemieux, Bertrand ^b   Yen, Grace ^a   Davis, Ronald W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Compatibility; Eceriferum; Lipids; Pollen; Tryphine

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; WAX;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; FERTILIZATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMIDITY; LIPIDS; MUTATION; POLLEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; WAXES;

EID: 0027318623     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.7.6.974     Document Type: Article

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