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Pollen tube development and competitive ability are impaired by disruption of a Shaker K(+) channel in Arabidopsis.
Genes & development - 1 Feb 2002
Mouline Karine, Véry Anne-Aliénor, Gaymard Frédéric, Boucherez Jossia, Pilot Guillaume, Devic Martine, Bouchez David, Thibaud Jean-Baptiste, Sentenac Hervé
Abstract excerpt
Sexual reproduction in plants requires elongation of the pollen tube through the transmitting tissues toward the ovary. Tube growth rate is a major determinant of pollen competitive ability. We report that a K(+) channel of the Shaker family in Arabidopsis, SPIK, plays an important role in pollen tube development. SPIK was found to be specifically expressed in pollen. When SPIK was heterologously expressed in COS...
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