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tube cell

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tube cell  (tb)
The cell in the pollen grain that develops into the pollen tube (the tube which conveys the male gametes of seed-bearing plants to the ovule).


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Sphaeroplasts from some fungi have been prepared by digesting the germ tube cell wall more successfully than digesting the spore wall itself.
13-15) The aims of this study were to prepare IgY antibodies against C albicans by immunizing an egg-laying hen with a combination of yeast and germ tube cells and to determine whether these antibodies prevented disseminated candidiasis in BALB/c mice.
Only one additional tube cell was utilized, leaving another two empty for McCarran's next expansion.
 
 
 
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