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Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase activity is required for male fertility in maize.
The Plant cell - 1 May 2001
Liu F, Cui X, Horner H T, Weiner H, Schnable P S
Abstract excerpt
Some plant cytoplasms express novel mitochondrial genes that cause male sterility. Nuclear genes that disrupt the accumulation of the corresponding mitochondrial gene products can restore fertility to such plants. The Texas (T) cytoplasm mitochondrial genome of maize expresses a novel protein, URF13, which is necessary for T cytoplasm-induced male sterility. Working in concert, functional alleles of two nuclear...
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