S-RNases in apple are expressed in the pistil along the pollen tube growth path

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 94-98

  Certal, Ana C ^a   Sanchez, Ana M ^a   Kokko, Harri ^b   Broothaerts, Wim ^c   Oliveira, M Margarida ^a,d   Feijó, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Inst de Biol Exp e Tecologica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Confocal; Gametophytic self incompatibility; Immuno histochemistry; Malus domestica; S RNases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032791857     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050177     Document Type: Article

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