Cytokinin receptors in sporophytes are essential for male and female functions in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-71

  Kinoshita Tsujimura, Kaori ^a   Kakimoto, Tatsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; Cytokinin receptor; Female gametophyte; Male gametophyte; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOKININ;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CROSS BREEDING; FLOWER; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; STAINING;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOKININS; GERM CELLS, PLANT; GERMINATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79953875604     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.1.13999     Document Type: Article

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