Are there symplastic connections between the endosperm and embryo in some angiosperms?-a lesson from the Crassulaceae family

Protoplasma

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1081-1089

  Kozieradzka Kiszkurno, Małgorzata ^a   Płachno, Bartosz Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crassulaceae; Embryo suspensor; Endosperm; Plasmodesmata; Symplastic transport; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CRASSULACEAE; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84867139942     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0352-8     Document Type: Article

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