4 Cell Adhesion, Separation and Guidance in Compatible Plant Reproduction
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 25: Plant Cell Separation and Adhesion
Jean-Claude Mollet,
Céline Faugeron,
Henri Morvan,
Jean-Claude Mollet
Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Physiologie Végétale, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, SP18 Rue Jean Souvraz, Lens, 62307 France
Search for more papers by this authorCéline Faugeron
Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Physiologie Végétale, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, SP18 Rue Jean Souvraz, Lens, 62307 France
Search for more papers by this authorHenri Morvan
Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Physiologie Végétale, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, SP18 Rue Jean Souvraz, Lens, 62307 France
Search for more papers by this authorJean-Claude Mollet,
Céline Faugeron,
Henri Morvan,
Jean-Claude Mollet
Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Physiologie Végétale, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, SP18 Rue Jean Souvraz, Lens, 62307 France
Search for more papers by this authorCéline Faugeron
Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Physiologie Végétale, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, SP18 Rue Jean Souvraz, Lens, 62307 France
Search for more papers by this authorHenri Morvan
Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Physiologie Végétale, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, SP18 Rue Jean Souvraz, Lens, 62307 France
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 19 April 2018
This article was originally published in 2007 in Plant Cell Separation and Adhesion, Volume 25 (ISBN 9781405138925) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Jeremy A. Roberts and Zinnia Gonzalez-Carranza. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Pollen Formation and Microspore Separation
- Pollen–Stigma Adhesion and Pollen Tube Guidance
- Adhesion and Guidance of Pollen Tubes in the Style
- Cell Wall Modifying Proteins and Pollen Tube Growth in the ECM
- Pollen Tube Adhesion, Interaction and Guidance in the Ovary
- Conclusions and Perspectives
- Acknowledgements
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