Class B β-expansins are needed for pollen separation and stigma penetration

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-152

  Valdivia, Elene R ^a,b   Stephenson, Andrew G ^a   Durachko, Daniel M ^a   Cosgrove, Daniel ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beta expansins; Pollen; Pollen allergens; Pollen tube

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; POLLEN;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349857854     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-009-0099-y     Document Type: Article

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