PCP-A1, a defensin-like Brassica pollen coat protein that binds the S locus glycoprotein, is the product of gametophytic gene expression

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1333-1347

  Doughty, James ^a   Dixon, Suzanne ^a   Hiscock, Simon J ^a   Willis, Antony C ^b   Parkin, Isobel A P ^c   Dickinson, Hugh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; POLLEN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

BRASSICA;

EID: 0032144968     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.8.1333     Document Type: Article

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