Double fertilization in flowering plants: Discovery, study methods and mechanisms

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 324, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 551-558

  Faure, Jean Emmanuel ^a  

^a Claud Bernard University Lyon 1   (France)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Egg cell; Fertilization; Gamete; Zygote

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034950894     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(01)01325-7     Document Type: Review

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