Movement of generative cell and vegetative nucleus in tobacco pollen tubes is dependent on microtubule cytoskeleton but independent of the synthesis of callose plugs

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 195-204

  Laitiainen, Erja ^a   Nieminen, Kaisa M ^a   Vihinen, Helena ^b   Raudaskoski, Marjatta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Callose plugs; Microfilaments; Microtubules; Nuclear movement; Pollen tubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036444543     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-002-0155-3     Document Type: Article

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