How to shape a cylinder: Pollen tube as a model system for the generation of complex cellular geometry

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-71

  Geitmann, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Germination; Invasive growth; Pollen grain; Pollen tube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77349107629     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-009-0121-4     Document Type: Article

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