Nuclear activity of sperm cells during Hyacinthus orientalis L. in vitro pollen tube growth

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1255-1269

  Zienkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a,b   Suwińska, Anna ^b   Niedojadło, Katarzyna ^b   Zienkiewicz, Agnieszka ^a,b   Bednarska, Elbieta ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bicellular pollen; Hyacinthus orientalis L.; pollen tube; pre mRNA splicing; rRNA; sperm cells

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYACINTHUS; METABOLISM; POLLEN TUBE; RNA SPLICING;

CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; HYACINTHUS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN TUBE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PLANT;

HYACINTHUS; HYACINTHUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 79251493325     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq354     Document Type: Article

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