Behavior of Vacuoles during Microspore and Pollen Development in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1192-1201

  Yamamoto, Yoko ^a   Nishimura, Mikio ^b   Hara Nishimura, Ikuko ^c   Noguchi, Tetsuko ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Autolysis; Golgi body; Pollen; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; POLLEN; VACUOLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0346777244     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg147     Document Type: Article

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