Sperm cells of Zea mays have a complex complement of mRNAs

Plant Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 697-707

  Engel, Michele L ^a   Chaboud, Annie ^b   Dumas, Christian ^b   McCormick, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA library; Gamete; Maize; Retroposons; Whole mount in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PROTEINS; RNA;

SPERM CELLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLLEN; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038806480     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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