The mechanisms of pollination and fertilization in plants

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2002, Pages 81-105

  Lord, Elizabeth M ^a   Russell, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double fertilization; Embryo sac; Gametes; Pistil; Pollen tube guidance

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLEN GERMINATION; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPOROPHYTE; ZYGOTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

CELL COMMUNICATION; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERM CELLS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036437302     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.18.012502.083438     Document Type: Review

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