Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) related to pollen tube guidance into the embryo sac in Arabidopsis

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 455-456

  Coimbra, Silvia ^a   Jones, Brian ^b   Pereira, Luís Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AGP 6; Arabidopsis; Arabinogalactan proteins; Gametic cells; Pollen tube guidance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 46849095833     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.7.5601     Document Type: Article

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