Reproductive cross-talk: Seed development in flowering plants

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 604-612

  Nowack, Moritz K ^a,d   Ungru, Alexander ^a   Bjerkan, Katrine N ^b   Grini, Paul E ^b   Schnittger, Arp ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Flowering plant; Integument; Reproductive cross talk; Seed development

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA SUCROSE TRANSPORTER 5; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE A 1; F BOX LIKE PROTEIN 17; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CAPULET 2; PROTEIN FERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT ENDOSPERM; PROTEIN FERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT SEED 2; PROTEIN GLAUCE; PROTEIN MEDEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; ENDOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEED HUSK; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSPERM; FLOWERING TOPS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953244003     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380604     Document Type: Review

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