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Class XI Myosins Move Specific Organelles in Pollen Tubes and Are Required for Normal Fertility and Pollen Tube Growth in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 2015
Madison Stephanie L, Buchanan Matthew L, Glass Jeremiah D, McClain Tarah F, Park Eunsook, Nebenführ Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Pollen tube growth is an essential aspect of plant reproduction because it is the mechanism through which nonmotile sperm cells are delivered to ovules, thus allowing fertilization to occur. A pollen tube is a single cell that only grows at the tip, and this tip growth has been shown to depend on actin filaments. It is generally assumed that myosin-driven movements along these actin filaments are required to...
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