"Pollen Tube" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A growth from a pollen grain down into the flower style which allows two sperm to pass, one to the ovum within the ovule, and the other to the central cell of the ovule to produce endosperm of SEEDS.
MeSH Number(s)
A18.024.249.500.249.500.500
Concept/Terms
Pollen Tube- Pollen Tube
- Pollen Tubes
- Tube, Pollen
- Tubes, Pollen
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pollen Tube" by people in Profiles.
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Development of Microfluidic Devices to Study the Elongation Capability of Tip-growing Plant Cells in Extremely Small Spaces. J Vis Exp. 2018 05 22; (135).
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Capability of tip-growing plant cells to penetrate into extremely narrow gaps. Sci Rep. 2017 05 03; 7(1):1403.
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Dynamic, high precision targeting of growth modulating agents is able to trigger pollen tube growth reorientation. Plant J. 2014 Oct; 80(1):185-95.
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Optimization of flow assisted entrapment of pollen grains in a microfluidic platform for tip growth analysis. Biomed Microdevices. 2014 Feb; 16(1):23-33.
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The cellular mechanics of an invasive lifestyle. J Exp Bot. 2013 Nov; 64(15):4709-28.
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Speed dating, rejection, and finding the perfect mate: advice from flowering plants. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2013 Oct; 16(5):590-7.
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Three MYB transcription factors control pollen tube differentiation required for sperm release. Curr Biol. 2013 Jul 08; 23(13):1209-14.
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Quantification of cellular penetrative forces using lab-on-a-chip technology and finite element modeling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 14; 110(20):8093-8.
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TipChip: a modular, MEMS-based platform for experimentation and phenotyping of tip-growing cells. Plant J. 2013 Mar; 73(6):1057-68.
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Gamete fusion is required to block multiple pollen tubes from entering an Arabidopsis ovule. Curr Biol. 2012 Jun 19; 22(12):1090-4.