A high density of rRNA in the generative cells and sperm cells of pollen grains of five angiosperm species

Cytologia

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Saito, Chieko ^a   Fujie, Makoto ^b   Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Nagata, Noriko ^c   Matsunaga, Sachihiro ^a   Kuroiwa, Haruko ^d   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Kyoritsu Woman's Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Generative cell; In situ hybridization; Pollen; RRNA; Sperm cell; Vegetative cell

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; GENERATIVE CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOSIS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SPERMATOZOON; VEGETATIVE CELL;

LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; PELARGONIUM ZONALE; PHARBITIS NIL; PLUMBAGO AURICULATA; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0031715354     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.63.293     Document Type: Article

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