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The Pollen Tube: A Cellular and Molecular Perspective

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2006
ISBN
3540311211, 9783540311218
DOI
10.1007/11493198
Open Library ID
OL18261269M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4454288 bytes)
Series
Plant Cell Monographs 3
Edition
1
Pages
295\298
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The enormous amount of data now available about the pollen tube clearly reflects its qualities as a biological model that go much beyond that of a carrier of sperm cells essential for plant reproduction. The diversity of techniques and methodologies currently used to study pollen and pollen tube growth is reflected in this book written by biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists and geneticists. Their different perspectives demonstrate that pollen tubes are excellent models for plant cell research, particularly suitable for investigations on cell tip growth and polarization, signal transduction, channel and ion flux activity, gene expression, cytoskeleton and wall structure, membrane dynamics and even cell–cell communication.

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