The mating game: pollination and fertilization in flowering plants

Authors
Wilhelmi, LK Preuss, D
Citation
Lk. Wilhelmi et D. Preuss, The mating game: pollination and fertilization in flowering plants, CUR OPIN PL, 2(1), 1999, pp. 18-22
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
13695266 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
18 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
1369-5266(199902)2:1<18:TMGPAF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Recent work has revealed signaling molecules that control pollination, incl uding small peptides that mediate pollen recognition and glycoproteins that support pollen tube growth. The polarized growth of pollen tubes requires a calcium-mediated signal cascade, and cues derived from the haploid and di ploid ovule cells guide pollen tubes to the eggs.