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

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Published in Nature on March 19, 2009

Authors

Satohiro Okuda1, Hiroki Tsutsui, Keiko Shiina, Stefanie Sprunck, Hidenori Takeuchi, Ryoko Yui, Ryushiro D Kasahara, Yuki Hamamura, Akane Mizukami, Daichi Susaki, Nao Kawano, Takashi Sakakibara, Shoko Namiki, Kie Itoh, Kurataka Otsuka, Motomichi Matsuzaki, Hisayoshi Nozaki, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Akihiko Nakano, Masahiro M Kanaoka, Thomas Dresselhaus, Narie Sasaki, Tetsuya Higashiyama

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan.

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