Transcriptional profiling of arabidopsis tissues reveals the unique characteristics of the pollen transciptome

• Published in: Plant physiology (Bethesda) Vol. 133; no. 2; pp. 713 - 725
• Main Authors: Becker, J.D, Boavida, L.C, Carneiro, J, Haury, M, Feijo, J.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arabidopsis thaliana; biosynthesis; cell cycle; cell walls; cytoskeleton; flow cytometry; fluorescence-activated cell sorting; gene expression regulation; ions; physiological transport; plant response; plant stress; plant tissues; pollen; signal transduction; sporophytes; transcription (genetics); transcriptomes

Pollen tubes are a good model for the study of cell growth and morphogenesis because of their extreme elongation without cell division. Yet, knowledge about the genetic basis of pollen germination and tube growth is still lagging behind advances in pollen physiology and biochemistry. In an effort to...