SIDECAR POLLEN suggests a plant-specific regulatory network underlying asymmetric microspore division in Arabidopsis

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-419

  Oh, Sung Aeong ^a   Twell, David ^b   Park, Soon Ki ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Division asymmetry; LBD ASL family protein; Male gametophyte development; Male germline; Microspore division; Sidecar pollen

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79956200992     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.3.14385     Document Type: Article

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