Plant sperm need a little help

Jun Zhang; Jennifer F. Pinello; William J. Snell

doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0385-0

Plant sperm need a little help

Jun Zhang, Jennifer F. Pinello, William J. Snell

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Fusion of lipid bilayers to deliver genetic information is a process common to both viral infection and fertilization, and the two share common molecular mechanisms. Now, identification of fusion-facilitators shows that plants have their own unique slant on the fusion process.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	247-248
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Plants
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0385-0
State	Published - Mar 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

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