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The Arabidopsis ABORTED MICROSPORES (AMS) gene encodes a MYC class transcription factor.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2003
Sorensen Anna-Marie, Kröber Sandra, Unte Ulrike S, Huijser Peter, Dekker Koen, Saedler Heinz
Abstract excerpt
Visual screening of a T-DNA mutagenised population of Arabidopsis thaliana for an absence of silique elongation lead to the isolation of the aborted microspores (ams) mutant that shows a sporophytic recessive male sterile phenotype. Homozygous mutant plants are completely devoid of mature pollen. Pollen degeneration occurs shortly after release of the microspores from the tetrad, prior to pollen mitosis I....
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