Pectin methylesterase, a regulator of pollen tube growth

Plant Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1334-1346

  Bosch, Maurice ^a   Cheung, Alice Y ^a   Hepler, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ESTERS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHEOLOGY;

IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR INHIBITORS; PECTIN METHYLESTERASE; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH;

ENZYMES;

CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMES; ESTERS; PECTINS; PLANTS; POLLEN; RHEOLOGY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CARBOXYLESTERASE; PECTINESTERASE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LILY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LILIUM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLLEN; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 27244457265     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.059865     Document Type: Article

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