Pathfinding in angiosperm reproduction: pollen tube guidance by pistils ensures successful double fertilization

Using maize as a model to study pollen tube growth and guidance, cross-incompatibility and sperm delivery in grasses

(2011) Thomas Dresselhaus et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Identification and characterization of TcCRP1, a pollen tube attractant from Torenia concolor

(2011) Masahiro M. Kanaoka et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Pollen tube growth and guidance: roles of small, secreted proteins

(2011) Keun Chae et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A microsystem-based assay for studying pollen tube guidance in plant reproduction

(2011) A K Yetisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

GABA Accumulation Causes Cell Elongation Defects and a Decrease in Expression of Genes Encoding Secreted and Cell Wall-Related Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Hugues Renault et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Whole Genome Analysis of Gene Expression Reveals Coordinated Activation of Signaling and Metabolic Pathways during Pollen-Pistil Interactions in Arabidopsis

(2011) L. C. Boavida et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes Form Ca2+ Channels in Pollen Tubes and Are Regulated by Pistil D-Serine

(2011) E. Michard et al.   SCIENCE

Female gametophyte-controlled pollen tube guidance: Figure 1

(2010) Mihaela-Luiza Márton et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Let's get physical: gamete interaction in flowering plants

(2010) Stefanie Sprunck   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

STIL, a peculiar molecule from styles, specifically dephosphorylates the pollen receptor kinase LePRK2 and stimulates pollen tube growth in vitro

(2010) Diego L Wengier et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Arabidopsis Female Gametophyte Gene Expression Map Reveals Similarities between Plant and Animal Gametes

(2010) Samuel E. Wuest et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Imaging fertilization in flowering plants, not so abominable after all

(2010) F. Berger   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Pollen-pistil interactions regulating successful fertilization in the Brassicaceae

(2010) L. A. Chapman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

VERDANDIIs a Direct Target of the MADS Domain Ovule Identity Complex and Affects Embryo Sac Differentiation inArabidopsis

(2010) Luis Matias-Hernandez et al.   PLANT CELL

A role for LORELEI, a putative glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein, in Arabidopsis thaliana double fertilization and early seed development

(2010) Tatsuya Tsukamoto et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Fertility Goddesses as Trojan Horses

(2010) F. Govers et al.   SCIENCE

Conserved Molecular Components for Pollen Tube Reception and Fungal Invasion

(2010) S. A. Kessler et al.   SCIENCE

Defensin-Like ZmES4 Mediates Pollen Tube Burst in Maize via Opening of the Potassium Channel KZM1

(2010) Suseno Amien et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

ANXUR1 and 2, Sister Genes to FERONIA/SIRENE, Are Male Factors for Coordinated Fertilization

(2009) Saori Miyazaki et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Pattern formation in miniature: the female gametophyte of flowering plants

(2009) Venkatesan Sundaresan et al.   DEVELOPMENT

DiSUMO-like DSUL is required for nuclei positioning, cell specification and viability during female gametophyte maturation in maize

(2009) Kanok-orn Srilunchang et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Disruption of the pollen-expressed FERONIA homologs ANXUR1 and ANXUR2 triggers pollen tube discharge

(2009) A. Boisson-Dernier et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Collection of Ds Insertional Mutants Associated With Defects in Male Gametophyte Development and Function in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) L. C. Boavida et al.   GENETICS

Sporophytic control of pollen tube growth and guidance in maize

(2009) Andreas Lausser et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Defensin-like polypeptide LUREs are pollen tube attractants secreted from synergid cells

(2009) Satohiro Okuda et al.   NATURE

Penetration of the Stigma and Style Elicits a Novel Transcriptome in Pollen Tubes, Pointing to Genes Critical for Growth in a Pistil

(2009) Yuan Qin et al.   PLoS Genetics

The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes

(2008) Y. Liu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

GEX3, Expressed in the Male Gametophyte and in the Egg Cell of Arabidopsis thaliana Is Essential for Micropylar Pollen Tube Guidance and Plays a Role during Early Embryogenesis

(2008) Monica Alandete-Saez et al.   Molecular Plant

Targeting of Pollen Tubes to Ovules Is Dependent on Nitric Oxide (NO) Signaling

(2008) Ana Margarida Prado et al.   Molecular Plant

A Dialogue between the Sirène Pathway in Synergids and the Fertilization Independent Seed Pathway in the Central Cell Controls Male Gamete Release during Double Fertilization in Arabidopsis

(2008) Nicolas Rotman et al.   Molecular Plant

Maternal Control of Male-Gamete Delivery in Arabidopsis Involves a Putative GPI-Anchored Protein Encoded by the LORELEI Gene

(2008) A. Capron et al.   PLANT CELL

TheMYB98subcircuit of the synergid gene regulatory network includes genes directly and indirectly regulated by MYB98

(2008) Jayson A. Punwani et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Pollen Receptor Kinase LePRK2 Mediates Growth-Promoting Signals and Positively Regulates Pollen Germination and Tube Growth

(2008) D. Zhang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Double-fertilization, from myths to reality

(2008) Frédéric Berger   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Gametophytic pollen tube guidance

(2008) Tetsuya Higashiyama et al.   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Polyspermy barriers in plants: from preventing to promoting fertilization

(2008) Melissa Spielman et al.   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Double fertilization – caught in the act

(2008) Frédéric Berger et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The Peroxin Loss-of-Function Mutation abstinence by mutual consent Disrupts Male-Female Gametophyte Recognition

(2007) Aurélien Boisson-Dernier et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY