Actin coronas in normal and indeterminate gametophyte1 embryo sacs of maize

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 257-264

  Huang, Bing Quan ^a   Sheridan, William F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Fertilization; ig mutant; Maize

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031797655     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050151     Document Type: Article

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