Control of cell wall extensibility during pollen tube growth

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 998-1017

  Hepler, Peter K ^a   Rounds, Caleb M ^a   Winship, Lawrence J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cell expansion; cell walls; cytoskeleton dynamics; polarity; pollen development.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880708210     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst103     Document Type: Review

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