LACHESIS-dependent egg-cell signaling regulates the development of female gametophytic cells

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-502

  Völz, Ronny ^a   von Lyncker, Ludwig ^a   Baumann, Nadine ^a   Dresselhaus, Thomas ^b   Sprunck, Stefanie ^b   Groß Hardt, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cell communication; Egg cell; Female gametophyte

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; ENDOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE; HAPLOIDY; LACHESIS GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; OVULE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; LACHESIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84855416627     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.075234     Document Type: Article

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