Chemically Mediated Mechanical Expansion of the Pollen Tube Cell Wall

2011/10/01 by Enrique R. Rojas, Enrique Rojas, Scott Hotton +1 · 29 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Engineering · #Biology #Biophysics #Botany #Cell wall #Chemistry #Engineering #Limiting #Materials science #Mechanical engineering #Mechanics #Morphogenesis #Physics #Plant Molecular Biology Research #Plant Reproductive Biology #Pollen #Pollen tube #Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls #Tip growth #Turgor pressure

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.016

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