Endosperm development after fusion of isolated, single maize sperm and central cells in vitro

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-524

  Kranz, Erhard ^a   Von Wiegen, Petra ^a   Quader, Hartmut ^a   Lörz, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031742601     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.4.511     Document Type: Article

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