Pollen tubes: A model system for plant cell growth

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 341-345

  Derksen, J ^a,b  

^a KU Nijmegen ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cell wall; cell cell interaction; cytoskeleton; endocytosis; exocytosis; Pollen tubes; tip growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029855115     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00582.x     Document Type: Review

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