title: Fertilization: a sticky sperm protein in plants.
abstract: During fertilization in eukaryotes, gametes of the opposite sex undergo a complex series of interactions that culminate in cell fusion. A new study on gamete interaction in plants has identified the first protein in multicellular organisms shown by gene disruption to be essential for gamete membrane adhesion.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.dresselhaus@ur.de.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dresselhaus
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Snell
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005306:Fertilization; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins