Overexpression of PwTUA1, a pollen-specific tubulin gene, increases pollen tube elongation by altering the distribution of α-tubulin and promoting vesicle transport

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2737-2749

  Yu, Yanli ^a   Li, Yanze ^a   Li, Lingli ^b   Lin, Jinxing ^c   Zheng, Chengchao ^a   Zhang, Lingyun ^b  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

tubulin; Microtubules; Picea wilsonii; Pollen tube; PwTUA1; Transgenic Arabidopsis

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALCIUM; TUBULIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRUCE; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BORON; CALCIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICEA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN TUBE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORT VESICLES; TUBULIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; PICEA; PICEA WILSONII;

EID: 67649356957     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp143     Document Type: Article

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