Arabinogalactan proteins: rising attention from plant biologists

Plant Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Pereira, Ana Marta ^a,b   Pereira, Luís Gustavo ^a,b   Coimbra, Sílvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI)   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Double fertilization; Female gametophyte; Male gametophyte; Pollen tube growth; Sporophytic tissues

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN PROTEINS; MUCOPROTEIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

METABOLISM; PLANT; REPRODUCTION;

MUCOPROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84925461234     PISSN: 21947953     EISSN: 21947961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-015-0254-6     Document Type: Review

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