Peptide signalling during the pollen tube journey and double fertilization

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5139-5150

  Qu, Li Jia ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Lan, Zijun ^a   Dresselhaus, Thomas ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine rich peptide (CRP); fertilization; pollen tube; receptor like kinase (RLK); reproductive isolation; self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; REPRODUCTION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY (PLANT); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN TUBE; REPRODUCTION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN FLOWERING PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84939602336     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv275     Document Type: Review

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