Chemical signaling for pollen tube guidance at a glance

AP1G mediates vacuolar acidification during synergid-controlled pollen tube reception

(2017) Jia-Gang Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Capability of tip-growing plant cells to penetrate into extremely narrow gaps

(2017) Naoki Yanagisawa et al.   Scientific Reports

The AMOR Arabinogalactan Sugar Chain Induces Pollen-Tube Competency to Respond to Ovular Guidance

(2016) Akane G. Mizukami et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A receptor heteromer mediates the male perception of female attractants in plants

(2016) Tong Wang et al.   NATURE

Tip-localized receptors control pollen tube growth and LURE sensing in Arabidopsis

(2016) Hidenori Takeuchi et al.   NATURE

pKAMA-ITACHI Vectors for Highly Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Gene Knockout inArabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Hiroki Tsutsui et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The Role of LORELEI in Pollen Tube Reception at the Interface of the Synergid Cell and Pollen Tube Requires the Modified Eight-Cysteine Motif and the Receptor-Like Kinase FERONIA

(2016) Xunliang Liu et al.   PLANT CELL

Gametophytic Pollen Tube Guidance: Attractant Peptides, Gametic Controls, and Receptors

(2016) Tetsuya Higashiyama et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 18 is an essential Ca2+channel in pollen tube tips for pollen tube guidance to ovules inArabidopsis

(2016) Qi-Fei Gao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Two pathways regulate cortical granule translocation to prevent polyspermy in mouse oocytes

(2016) Liam P. Cheeseman et al.   Nature Communications

Massively Parallelized Pollen Tube Guidance and Mechanical Measurements on a Lab-on-a-Chip Platform

(2016) Naveen Shamsudhin et al.   PLoS One

The Mechanism and Key Molecules Involved in Pollen Tube Guidance

(2015) Tetsuya Higashiyama et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Rapid Elimination of the Persistent Synergid through a Cell Fusion Mechanism

(2015) Daisuke Maruyama et al.   CELL

Peptide signaling in pollen tube guidance

(2015) Masahiro M Kanaoka et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

A Kunitz-type protease inhibitor regulates programmed cell death during flower development inArabidopsis thaliana

(2015) Edouard Boex-Fontvieille et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Live Imaging and Laser Disruption Reveal the Dynamics and Cell–Cell Communication During Torenia fournieri Female Gametophyte Development

(2015) Daichi Susaki et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Arabidopsis CBP1 Is a Novel Regulator of Transcription Initiation in Central Cell-Mediated Pollen Tube Guidance

(2015) Hong-Ju Li et al.   PLANT CELL

Two-photon imaging with longer wavelength excitation in intact Arabidopsis tissues

(2015) Yoko Mizuta et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Arabinogalactan proteins: rising attention from plant biologists

(2015) Ana Marta Pereira et al.   Plant Reproduction

Back to the future with the AGP–Ca2+ flux capacitor

(2014) Derek T. A. Lamport et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A Calcium Dialog Mediated by the FERONIA Signal Transduction Pathway Controls Plant Sperm Delivery

(2014) Quy A. Ngo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Exogenous γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) affects pollen tube growth via modulating putative Ca2+-permeable membrane channels and is coupled to negative regulation on glutamate decarboxylase

(2014) Guang-Hui Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Juno is the egg Izumo receptor and is essential for mammalian fertilization

(2014) Enrica Bianchi et al.   NATURE

Tomato Pistil Factor STIG1 Promotes in Vivo Pollen Tube Growth by Binding to Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate and the Extracellular Domain of the Pollen Receptor Kinase LePRK2

(2014) W.-J. Huang et al.   PLANT CELL

Dynamic, high precision targeting of growth modulating agents is able to trigger pollen tube growth reorientation

(2014) Amir Sanati Nezhad et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Two Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, MPK3 and MPK6, Are Required for Funicular Guidance of Pollen Tubes in Arabidopsis

(2014) Y. Guan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

ABNORMAL POLLEN TUBE GUIDANCE1, an Endoplasmic Reticulum-Localized Mannosyltransferase Homolog of GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL10 in Yeast and PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL GLYCAN ANCHOR BIOSYNTHESIS B in Human, Is Required for Arabidopsis Pollen Tube Micropylar Guidance and Embryo Development

(2014) X. R. Dai et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Strategies for transferring resistance into wheat: from wide crosses to GM cassettes

(2014) Brande B. H. Wulff et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Brassinosteroids promote Arabidopsis pollen germination and growth

(2014) Frank Vogler et al.   Plant Reproduction

Three MYB Transcription Factors Control Pollen Tube Differentiation Required for Sperm Release

(2013) Alexander R. Leydon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Membrane-Bound RLCKs LIP1 and LIP2 Are Essential Male Factors Controlling Male-Female Attraction in Arabidopsis

(2013) Jingjing Liu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ethylene Signaling Is Required for Synergid Degeneration and the Establishment of a Pollen Tube Block

(2013) Ronny Völz et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Acquisition of LURE-Binding Activity at the Pollen Tube Tip of Torenia fournieri

(2013) Satohiro Okuda et al.   Molecular Plant

Arabidopsis COBRA-LIKE 10, a GPI-anchored protein, mediates directional growth of pollen tubes

(2013) Sha Li et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A microfluidic device for quantitative analysis of chemoattraction in plants

(2013) Mitsuhiro Horade et al.   RSC Advances

ANXUR Receptor-Like Kinases Coordinate Cell Wall Integrity with Growth at the Pollen Tube Tip Via NADPH Oxidases

(2013) Aurélien Boisson-Dernier et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

External application of gametophyte-specific ZmPMEI1 induces pollen tube burst in maize

(2013) Mayada Woriedh et al.   Plant Reproduction

Overcoming Hybridization Barriers by the Secretion of the Maize Pollen Tube Attractant ZmEA1 from Arabidopsis Ovules

(2012) Mihaela L. Márton et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fertilization Recovery after Defective Sperm Cell Release in Arabidopsis

(2012) Ryushiro D. Kasahara et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

AtPRK2 Promotes ROP1 Activation via RopGEFs in the Control of Polarized Pollen Tube Growth

(2012) Fang Chang et al.   Molecular Plant

Periplasmic arabinogalactan glycoproteins act as a calcium capacitor that regulates plant growth and development

(2012) Derek T. A. Lamport et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

TipChip: a modular, MEMS-based platform for experimentation and phenotyping of tip-growing cells

(2012) Carlos G. Agudelo et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Cellular localization and levels of pectins and arabinogalactan proteins in olive (Olea europaea L.) pistil tissues during development: implications for pollen–pistil interaction

(2012) Cynthia Suárez et al.   PLANTA

A Species-Specific Cluster of Defensin-Like Genes Encodes Diffusible Pollen Tube Attractants in Arabidopsis

(2012) Hidenori Takeuchi et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

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

Live-Cell Imaging Reveals the Dynamics of Two Sperm Cells during Double Fertilization in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Yuki Hamamura et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

HALF FILLED promotes reproductive tract development and fertilization efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) B. C. W. Crawford et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cytoplasmic connection of sperm cells to the pollen vegetative cell nucleus: potential roles of the male germ unit revisited

(2011) A. D. McCue et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

POD1 Regulates Pollen Tube Guidance in Response to Micropylar Female Signaling and Acts in Early Embryo Patterning inArabidopsis

(2011) Hong-Ju Li et al.   PLANT CELL

Pollen Tubes Lacking a Pair of K+Transporters Fail to Target Ovules inArabidopsis

(2011) Yongxian Lu et al.   PLANT CELL

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

(2011) Ravishankar Palanivelu et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

The pollen tube journey in the pistil and imaging the in vivo process by two-photon microscopy

(2010) Alice Y. Cheung et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Pollen-pistil interactions regulating successful fertilization in the Brassicaceae

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

Chemical Visualization of an Attractant Peptide, LURE

(2010) Hiroaki Goto et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Peptide Signaling in Pollen-Pistil Interactions

(2010) T. Higashiyama   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A Gain-of-Function Mutation of Arabidopsis Lipid Transfer Protein 5 Disturbs Pollen Tube Tip Growth and Fertilization

(2010) K. Chae et al.   PLANT CELL

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

(2009) Saori Miyazaki et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

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

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

(2009) Satohiro Okuda et al.   NATURE

Recent Progress in Plant Reproduction Research: The Story of the Male Gametophyte through to Successful Fertilization

(2009) G. Suzuki   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

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

Structural and Signaling Networks for the Polar Cell Growth Machinery in Pollen Tubes

(2008) Alice Y. Cheung et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

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

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

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

Pollen Tube Growth Oscillations and Intracellular Calcium Levels Are Reversibly Modulated by Actin Polymerization

(2008) L. Cardenas et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Gametophytic pollen tube guidance

(2008) Tetsuya Higashiyama et al.   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Double fertilization – caught in the act

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