The Pollen Tube A Cellular and Molecular Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Malhó, Rui (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Plant Cell Monographs, 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Sciences.; Cell Biology.

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 gro...

Table of Contents:

• The Pollen Tube: A Model System for Cell and Molecular Biology Studies
• Pollen Development, a Genetic and Transcriptomic View
• Ions and Pollen Tube Growth
• Genomic and Molecular Analyses of Transporters in the Male Gametophyte
• Small GTPases and Spatiotemporal Regulation of Pollen Tube Growth
• Lipid Metabolism, Compartmentalization and Signalling in the Regulation of Pollen Tube Growth
• The Actin Cytoskeleton in Pollen Tubes; Actin and Actin Binding Proteins
• The Microtubular Cytoskeleton in Pollen Tubes: Structure and Role in Organelle Trafficking
• The Architecture and Properties of the Pollen Tube Cell Wall
• Cellular Mechanisms for Pollen Tube Growth Inhibition in Gametophytic Self-incompatibility
• Extracellular Guidance Cues and Intracellular Signaling Pathways that Direct Pollen Tube Growth.-Screening and Analysis of Pollen Tube Mutations
• Comparative Analysis of Biological Models in the Study of Pollen Tube Growth.