Growth and cellular organization of Arabidopsis pollen tubes in vitro

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-139

  Derksen, Jan ^a   Knuiman, Bart ^a   Hoedemaekers, Karin ^a   Guyon, Anouchka ^b   Bonhomme, Sandrine ^b   Pierson, Elisabeth S ^a  

^a CUN   (Netherlands)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Microscopy; Pollen tubes; Tip growth; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036401765     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-002-0149-1     Document Type: Article

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