Symplastic communication between the central cell and the egg apparatus cells in the embryo sac of Torenia fournieri Lind. before and during fertilization

Planta

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 158-162

  Han, Yu Zhen ^a,b   Huang, Bing Quan ^a   Zee, Sze Yong ^a   Yuan, Ming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Female germ unit; Fertilization; Microinjection; Plasmodesmata; Symplastic communication; Torenia (embryo sac)

Indexed keywords

CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROINJECTION; TRACER; ZYGOTE;

TORENIA; TORENIA FOURNIERI;

EID: 0033946349     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250000289     Document Type: Article

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