Arabidopsis HIT1, a putative homolog of yeast tethering protein Vps53p, is required for pollen tube elongation

Botanical Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Wang, Lian Chin ^a   Yeh, Ching Hui ^a   Sayler, Ronald J ^b   Lee, Ya Yun ^a   Lu, Chung An ^a   Wu, Shaw Jye ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Pollen tube; Tip growth; Vesicle tethering factor; Yeast Vps53p protein

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 39749169674     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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