Unique actin and microtubule arrays co-ordinate the differentiation of microspores to mature pollen in Nicotiana tabacum

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 334, 1999, Pages 581-594

  Zonia, Laura ^a,b   Tupý, Jaroslav ^b   Staiger, Christopher J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cytoskeletal inhibitors; Microspore development; Microtubule cytoskeleton; Pollen development

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0032944408     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.334.581     Document Type: Article

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