Egg activation in flowering plants

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 21-26

  Antoine, A F ^a   Dumas, C ^a   Faure, J E ^a   Feijo J A ^b   Rougier, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calcium; Egg activation; In vitro fertilization; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CELL FUSION; EGG ACTIVATION; FLOWERING; GAMETE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MAIZE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

EID: 0034811091     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970100088     Document Type: Review

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