Ultrastructural Study of Maturing Pollen in Arabidopsis Thaliana (L.) Heynh. (Brassicaceae)

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Zajac, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Generative cell; Lipid bodies; Pollen; Starch; Vegetative cell

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 0031534627     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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