The AtSUC1 sucrose carrier may represent the osmotic driving force for anther dehiscence and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-278

  Stadler, Ruth ^a   Truernit, Elisabeth ^a,b   Gahrtz, Manfred ^a,c   Sauer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHER; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CELL MEMBRANE; DEHISCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MESSENGER RNA; OSMOSIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS TOLERANCE; SUCROSE TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SUCROSE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033179993     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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