A functional study of stylar hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins during pollen tube growth

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-98

  Bosch, Maurice ^a,b   Derksen, Jan ^a   Mariani, Celestina ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; HRGP; Nicotiana tabacum; Pollen tube; Pollen pistil interaction

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0042069851     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-003-0179-3     Document Type: Article

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