Callose (β-1,3 glucan) is essential for Arabidopsis pollen wall patterning, but not tube growth.docVIP

BMC Plant Biology BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Callose (β-1,3 glucan) is essential for Arabidopsis pollen wall patterning, but not tube growth Shuh-ichi Nishikawa1,2, Gregory M Zinkl1, Robert J Swanson1, Daisuke Maruyama2 and Daphne Preuss*1 Address: 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA and 2Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusaku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan Email: Shuh-ichi Nishikawa - shuh@biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp; Gregory M Zinkl - gzinkl@fa