Transcript profiles of maize embryo sacs and preliminary identification of genes involved in the embryo sac–pollen tube interaction

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Shuai Shuai ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Tan, Su Jian ^a   Wang, Ming Xiu ^a   Sui, Na ^b   Zhang, Xian Sheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Embryo sac; Interaction; Maize; Pollen tube; Transcript profiles

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84919424323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00702     Document Type: Article

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