Generative cells of Lilium longiflorum possess translatable mRNA and functional protein synthesis machinery

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1083-1086

  Blomstedt, Cecilia K ^a,b   Knox, R Bruce ^a   Singh, Mohan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gene expression; Generative cells; Lilium longiflorum; pollen

Indexed keywords

LILIUM LONGIFLORUM;

EID: 0030221478     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040727     Document Type: Article

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