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Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation

Pollen is the male gametophyte of higher plants. Its major function is to deliver sperm cells to the ovule to ensure successful fertilization. During this process, many interactions occur among pollen tubes and pistil cells and tissues, and calcium ion (Ca(2+)) dynamics mediate these interactions am...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Ren Hua, Su, Shun De, Xiao, Hui, Tian, Hui Qiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6358865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20020420
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Xiao, Hui
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description Pollen is the male gametophyte of higher plants. Its major function is to deliver sperm cells to the ovule to ensure successful fertilization. During this process, many interactions occur among pollen tubes and pistil cells and tissues, and calcium ion (Ca(2+)) dynamics mediate these interactions among cells to ensure that pollen reaches the embryo sac. Although the precise functions of Ca(2+) dynamics in the cells are unknown, we can speculate about its roles on the basis of its spatial and temporal characteristics during these interactions. The results of many studies indicate that calcium is a critical element that is strongly related to pollen germination and pollen tube growth.
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spelling pubmed-63588652019-02-06 Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation Zheng, Ren Hua Su, Shun De Xiao, Hui Tian, Hui Qiao Int J Mol Sci Review Pollen is the male gametophyte of higher plants. Its major function is to deliver sperm cells to the ovule to ensure successful fertilization. During this process, many interactions occur among pollen tubes and pistil cells and tissues, and calcium ion (Ca(2+)) dynamics mediate these interactions among cells to ensure that pollen reaches the embryo sac. Although the precise functions of Ca(2+) dynamics in the cells are unknown, we can speculate about its roles on the basis of its spatial and temporal characteristics during these interactions. The results of many studies indicate that calcium is a critical element that is strongly related to pollen germination and pollen tube growth. MDPI 2019-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6358865/ /pubmed/30669423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20020420 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zheng, Ren Hua
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Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation
title Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation
title_full Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation
title_fullStr Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation
title_full_unstemmed Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation
title_short Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation
title_sort calcium: a critical factor in pollen germination and tube elongation
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6358865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20020420
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