Antipodal cells persist through fertilization in the female gametophyte of Arabidopsis

Plant Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 197-203

  Song, Xiaoya ^a   Yuan, Li ^a   Sundaresan, Venkatesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipodal cell; Early developing seed; Mature female gametophyte; Stage of degeneration

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MUTATION; OVULE; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84911436307     PISSN: 21947953     EISSN: 21947961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-014-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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