Transport logistics in pollen tubes

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1037-1052

  Chebli, Youssef ^a   Kroeger, Jens ^b   Geitmann, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b RAYMOR INDUSTRIES INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell expansion; cytoskeleton dynamics; pollen development; protein traffic and secretion; transport processes kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880752812     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst073     Document Type: Review

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