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Maize ROP2 GTPase provides a competitive advantage to the male gametophyte.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2003
Arthur K M, Vejlupkova Z, Meeley R B, Fowler J E
Abstract excerpt
Rop GTPases have been implicated in the regulation of plant signal transduction and cell morphogenesis. To explore ROP2 function in maize, we isolated five Mutator transposon insertions (rop2::Mu alleles). Transmission frequency through the male gametophyte, but not the female, was lower than expected in three of the rop2::Mu mutants. These three alleles formed an allelic series on the basis of the relative...
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