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Characterization of the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene families of Zea mays and Arabidopsis.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Jan 2000
Skibbe David S, Liu Feng, Wen Tsui-Jung, Yandeau Marna D, Cui Xiangqin, Cao Jun, Simmons Carl R, Schnable Patrick S
Abstract excerpt
Cytoplasmic male sterility is a maternally transmitted inability to produce viable pollen. Male sterility occurs in Texas (T) cytoplasm maize as a consequence of the premature degeneration of the tapetal cell layer during microspore development. This sterility can be overcome by the combined action of two nuclear restorer genes, rf1 and rf2a. The rf2a gene encodes a mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)...
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