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Molecular Aspects of Recognition and Response in the Pollen-Stigma Interaction

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Although fertilization in plants is fundamental to life, our understanding of the process at the molecular level is restricted to a few facets of a few systems; predictably, the best information has come from the simplest systems. For example, the first event of fertilization in some algal species is direct membrane contact of gametes which do not have cell walls, and the recognition of compatible gametes is apparently mediated by essentially the same sort of reaction which occurs during the mutual recognition of animal cells. The cellular events leading to fertilization in higher plants are more complex: in most cases not only are there a series of interactions between the haploid pollen housing the male gametes, and the diploid female tissues of the pistil, prior to fertilization, but the interactions involve contact of cells which have walls overlaying the plasma membrane. For this reason, we will consider the possible mechanisms for cell-cell recognition between plant cells. We will then outline the biology of fertilization in flowering plants with particular reference to the stages where cell-cell recognition interactions are evident.

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Clarke, A.E., Gleeson, P.A. (1981). Molecular Aspects of Recognition and Response in the Pollen-Stigma Interaction. In: Loewus, F.A., Ryan, C.A. (eds) The Phytochemistry of Cell Recognition and Cell Surface Interactions. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3986-1_8

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