The pollen tube journey in the pistil and imaging the in vivo process by two-photon microscopy

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1907-1915

  Cheung, Alice Y ^a   Boavida, Leonor C ^b   Aggarwal, Mini ^a   Wu, Hen Ming ^a   Feijó, José A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Pollen tube growth; Pollen tube guidance; Pollen pistil interaction; Two photon microscopy; Vital imaging

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OVULE; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE; REVIEW; SECRETION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; OVULE; PHOTONS; POLLEN TUBE; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; TORENIA FOURNIERI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951826594     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq062     Document Type: Review

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