Isolation of two populations of sperm cells from the pollen tube of Torenia fournieri

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1138-1142

  Chen, Su Hong ^a   Liao, Jing Ping ^a   Kuang, An Xiu ^b   Tian, Hui Qiao ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dimorphic sperm cells; Heterospermy; Torenia fournieri

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIMORPHIC SPERM CELLS; HETEROSPERMY; POLLEN TUBES; TORENIA FOURNIERI;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; REPRODUCTION;

CELL ADHESION; FLOWERS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN TUBE; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FERTILIZATION; PLANTS; POLLEN;

TORENIA FOURNIERI;

EID: 33750323497     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0189-3     Document Type: Article

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