Growing pollen tubes possess a constitutive alkaline band in the clear zone and a growth-dependent acidic tip

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-496

  Feijo J A ^a,b   Sainhas, J ^b   Hackett, G R ^c   Kunkel, J G ^c   Hepler, P K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

pH; Pollen tube growth; Proton flux; Ratiometric ion imaging; Vibrating probe

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTON;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL PH; EXOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

DIFFUSION; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN;

LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033535048     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.3.483     Document Type: Article

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