Arabidopsis galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT) 13 and GAUT14 have redundant functions in pollen tube growth

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1131-1148

  Wang, Li ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, You Qun ^a   Liu, Yang Yang ^a   Wang, Jing Xin ^a   Zhang, Xue Qin ^a   Ye, De ^a   Chen, Li Qun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; cell wall; GAUT13; GAUT14; pectin; pollen tube.

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84880711248     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst084     Document Type: Article

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