Lipids are required for directional pollen-tube growth

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6678, 1998, Pages 818-821

  Wolters Arts, Mieke ^a   Lush, W Mary ^a,b   Mariani, Celestina ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; FERTILIZATION; GERMINATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; FERTILIZATION; LIPIDS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLLEN; SOLANACEAE; TOBACCO; TRIGLYCERIDES; WATER;

BRASSICA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032560126     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33929     Document Type: Article

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