BcMF8, a putative arabinogalactan protein-encoding gene, contributes to pollen wall development, aperture formation and pollen tube growth in Brassica campestris

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 777-788

  Lin, Sue ^a,b   Dong, Heng ^a,b   Zhang, Fang ^a,b   Qiu, Lin ^a,b   Wang, Fangzhan ^a,b   Cao, Jiashu ^a,b   Huang, Li ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

AGP; aperture; aperture formation; arabinogalactan proteins; Brassica campestris; Chinese cabbage; intine; pollen tube; pollen wall development

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CYTOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARABINOGALACTAN PROTEINS; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MUCOPROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PLANT INFERTILITY; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUCOPROTEINS; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE;

EID: 84896978879     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct315     Document Type: Article

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