Female gametophyte-controlled pollen tube guidance

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 627-630

  Márton, Mihaela Luiza ^a   Dresselhaus, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Maize; Micropyle; Pollen tube guidance; Signalling; Synergid; Torenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE GAMETOPHYTE; FERTILIZATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; OVULE; PLANT GENE; POACEAE; POLLEN TUBE; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SELFING; TORENIA FOURNIERI; ZEA MAYS EGG APPARATUS 1 GENE; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TORENIA; ZEA MAYS;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; FERTILIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVULE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLEN TUBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953262565     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380627     Document Type: Review

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