Modeling pollen tube growth: Feeling the pressure to deliver testifiable predictions

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1828-1830

  Kroger, Jens ^a   Geitmann, Anja ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Cell wall; Oscillations; Pollen tube; Tip growth; Turgor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; PRESSURE;

CELL WALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN TUBE; PRESSURE;

EID: 81255151101     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.11.17324     Document Type: Article

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