Early germination of Arabidopsis pollen in a double null mutant for the arabinogalactan protein genes AGP6 and AGP11

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-205

  Coimbra, Sílvia ^a   Costa, Mário ^a   Mendes, Marta Adelina ^a   Pereira, Ana Marta ^a   Pinto, João ^a   Pereira, Luís Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

agp11; agp6; Arabidopsis; Arabinogalactan proteins; Pollen tube

Indexed keywords

AGP11 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; AGP6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; POLLEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; MUTATION; POLLEN; PROTEOGLYCANS; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 77956180561     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-010-0136-x     Document Type: Article

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