The mechanism and key molecules involved in pollen tube guidance

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 393-413

  Higashiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Takeuchi, Hidenori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attractant peptides; Cessation of attraction; Competency control; Ovule; Pollen tube guidance

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

PEPTIDE;

ANGIOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVULE; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; FERTILIZATION; OVULE; PEPTIDES; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION;

EID: 84928897451     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043014-115635     Document Type: Article

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