Double fertilization in arabidopsis thaliana involves a polyspermy block on the egg but not the central cell

Molecular Plant

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-619

  Scott, Rod J ^a   Armstrong, Susan J ^b   Doughty, James ^a   Spielman, Melissa ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MET1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSPERM; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT SEED; PLOIDY; POLLEN; SEEDLING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENDOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; MUTATION; OVULE; PLOIDIES; POLLEN; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

EID: 68449098627     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn016     Document Type: Article

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