Gamete fusion is required to block multiple pollen tubes from entering an Arabidopsis Ovule

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1090-1094

  Beale, Kristin M ^a   Leydon, Alexander R ^a   Johnson, Mark A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OVULE; POLLEN TUBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84862689647     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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