ROP GTPase regulation of pollen tube growth through the dynamics of tip-localized F-actin

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 380, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Gu, Ying ^a   Vernoud, Vanessa ^a   Fu, Ying ^a   Yang, Zhenbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

F actin; Pollen tube tip growth; Regulation; ROP GTPase; Signalling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS;

POLLINATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0037215686     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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