Callose plug deposition patterns vary in pollen tubes of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes and tomato species

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Qin, Peng ^a,b   Ting, Dylan ^a   Shieh, Andrew ^a   McCormick, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Callose plugs; Pollen tube growth; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

CALLOSE; GLUCAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; ECOTYPE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; POLLEN TUBE; TIME; TOMATO;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOTYPE; GERMINATION; GLUCANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POLLEN TUBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866865983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-178     Document Type: Article

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