Open AccessSticking the Landing: Probing the Roles of LORELEI in Pollen Tube Reception
Author(s) -
Jennifer Lockhart
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.16.00308
Subject(s) - sporopollenin , pollen , biology , pollen tube , botany , pollination
A tiny, dry ball comprising two sperm cells and a vegetative cell protected by a tough layer of sporopollenin (otherwise known as a pollen grain) lands on a stigma. Upon hydration, the vegetative cell gives rise to a pollen tube, which travels through the style to the micropyle, a minute opening in
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