A decade of pollen transcriptomics

Plant Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 73-89

  Rutley, Nicholas ^a   Twell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Gene expression; Male gametophyte; Pollen; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; POLLEN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; POLLEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84939985679     PISSN: 21947953     EISSN: 21947961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-015-0261-7     Document Type: Review

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