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Pollen development and tube growth are affected in the symbiotic mutant of Lotus japonicus, crinkle.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 May 2004
Tansengco Myra L, Imaizumi-Anraku Haruko, Yoshikawa Makoto, Takagi Shingo, Kawaguchi Masayoshi, Hayashi Makoto, Murooka Yoshikatsu
Abstract excerpt
The symbiotic mutant of Lotus japonicus, crinkle (crk), exhibits abnormal nodulation and other alterations in the root hairs, trichomes, and seedpods. Defective nodulation in crk mutant is due to the arrested infection thread growth from the epidermis into the cortex. Here, we describe that crk is also affected in male fertility that causes the production of small pods with few seeds. Under in vitro conditions,...
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