Downregulation of egg cell-secreted EC1 is accompanied with delayed gamete fusion and polytubey

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Rademacher, Svenja ^a,b   Sprunck, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CRP; Double fertilization; EC1; Gamete fusion; Polytubey; Sperm activation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL FUSION; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; OVULE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; DOWN-REGULATION; FERTILIZATION; OVULE; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS;

EID: 84892604350     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.27377     Document Type: Article

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