Observations on microtubules and nuclei motility in the pollen tube of olive (Olea europaea L.)

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-101

  Rodríguez García, María Isabel ^a   Alaoui, Mohammed M'rani ^a   Díaz, Jacques De La Flor ^a   Fernández, María Del Carmen ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Generative cell; Microtubules; Movement; Olea europea L.; Pollen tube; Vegetative cell nucleus

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 17544401542     PISSN: 00015296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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