Calcium-induced protein phosphorylation and changes in levels of calmodulin and calreticulin in maize sperm cells

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-88

  Williams, Connie M ^a   Zhang, Guichang ^a   Michalak, Marek ^a   Cass, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium (Ca2+); Calmodulin; Calreticulin; Protein phosphorylation; Zea mays sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030906849     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050071     Document Type: Article

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