Sperm delivery in flowering plants: The control of pollen tube growth

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 835-844

  Wilsen, Kathleen L ^a   Hepler, Peter K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Ion dynamics; Molecular switches; Oscillatory growth; Pollen tube

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 36148936774     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B571006     Document Type: Review

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