The actin microfilament network within elongating pollen tubes of the gymnosperm Picea abies (Norway spruce)

Protoplasma

Volumn 194, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 186-194

  Lazzaro, M D ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actin; Confocal microscopy; Cytoskeleton; Gymnosperm; Microfilaments; Picea abies; Pollen tubes

Indexed keywords

ABIES; BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA ABIES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0030451020     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01882026     Document Type: Article

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