Male gamete biology in flowering plants

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 598-603

  Russell, Scott D ^a   Gou, Xiaoping ^a   Wei, Xiaoping ^a   Yuan, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Fertilization; Flowering plant; Gamete; Sperm cell; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UBIQUITIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; ENDOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING PLANT; GAMETE; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE GAMETE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; POLLEN TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANGIOSPERM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; FLOWERING TOPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77953268499     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380598     Document Type: Review

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