Localization of myosin on sperm-cell-associated membranes of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)

Protoplasma

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 123-128

  Zhang, Z ^a   Tian, H Q ^a,b   Russell, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Immunogold; Myosin; Nicotiana tabacum; Pollen tube; Scanning electron microscopy; Sperm cell transport

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL LABELING; CYTOPLASM; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ANTIBODY; POLLEN TUBE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033450751     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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