Love is a battlefield: Programmed cell death during fertilization

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1323-1330

  Heydlauff, Juliane ^a,b   Groß Hardt, Rita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antipodal cells; Fertilization; Gametes; Gametophyte; Pollen tube; Programmed cell death; Synergids

Indexed keywords

ANTIPODAL CELLS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; FERTILIZATION; GAMETES; GAMETOPHYTE; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; REVIEW; SYNERGIDS.;

ANTIPODAL CELLS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETES; GAMETOPHYTE; POLLEN TUBE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH; SYNERGIDS.;

CELL DEATH; FERTILIZATION; OVULE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLEN TUBE;

EID: 84897372291     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru030     Document Type: Review

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