Fluctuations in the pollen tube tip-focused calcium gradient are not reflected in nuclear calcium level: A comparative analysis using recombinant yellow cameleon calcium reporter

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Watahiki, Masaald K ^a   Trewavas, Anthony J ^a   Parton, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Nucleoplasmin; Oscillatory growth; Pollen tube; Yellow cameleon (YC2.1)

Indexed keywords

LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 6344248734     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-004-0224-x     Document Type: Article

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