Actin microfilaments do not form a dense meshwork in Lilium longiflorum pollen tube tips

Protoplasma

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Miller, D D ^a,b   Lancelle, S A ^a   Hepler, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actin; Immunogold; Microfilaments; Microinjection; Pollen tube

Indexed keywords

LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM;

EID: 0030464443     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279191     Document Type: Article

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