Fertilization: A Sticky Sperm Protein in Plants

Dresselhaus, Thomas and Snell, William J. (2014) Fertilization: A Sticky Sperm Protein in Plants. CURRENT BIOLOGY, 24 (4). R164-R166. ISSN 0960-9822, 1879-0445

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Abstract

During fertilization in eukaryotes, gametes of the opposite sex undergo a complex series of interactions that culminate in cell fusion. A new study on gamete interaction in plants has identified the first protein in multicellular organisms shown by gene disruption to be essential for gamete membrane adhesion.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CD9-DEFICIENT MICE; ARABIDOPSIS; FUSION; MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ATTACHMENT; GUIDANCE; EGGS;
Subjects: 500 Science > 570 Life sciences
Divisions: Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2019 09:58
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2019 09:58
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/10664

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