Characterization and localization of profilin in pollen grains and tubes of Lilium longiflorum

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-338

  Vidali, Luis ^a   Hepler, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; computer generated 3D structure; cytoskeleton; fluorescent analog cytochemistry; immunostaining; plant protein purification; polarized growth

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROFILIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; GERMINATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROFILINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; ZEA MAYS;

LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030909875     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)36:4<323::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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