Pollen tube entry into the synergid cell of Arabidopsis is observed at a site distinct from the filiform apparatus

Plant Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-99

  Leshem, Yehoram ^a   Johnson, Cameron ^a   Sundaresan, Venkatesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double fertilization; Filiform apparatus; Pollen tube; Synergid cell

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL WALL; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; OVULE; POLLEN TUBE; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84878105752     PISSN: 21947953     EISSN: 21947961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-013-0211-1     Document Type: Article

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