PECTIN METHYLESTERASE48 is involved in arabidopsis pollen grain germination

Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 367-380

  Leroux, Christelle ^a   Bouton, Sophie ^b   Kiefer Meyer, Marie Christine ^a   Fabrice, Tohnyui Ndinyanka ^b,c   Mareck, Alain ^a   Guénin, Stéphanie ^b   Fournet, Françoise ^b   Ringli, Christoph ^b,c   Pelloux, Jérôme ^b   Driouich, Azeddine ^a   Lerouge, Patrice ^a   Lehner, Arnaud ^a   Mollet, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; PECTIN; PME48 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESTERIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHARMACOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CULTURE MEDIA; ESTERIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PECTINS; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84921965489     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.250928     Document Type: Article

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