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EMBRYONIC FACTOR 1 encodes an AMP deaminase and is essential for the zygote to embryo transition in Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jun 2005
Xu Jun, Zhang Hai-Ying, Xie Cong-Hua, Xue Hong-Wei, Dijkhuis Paul, Liu Chun-Ming
Abstract excerpt
Fusion of the egg and the sperm cells in plants produces a zygote that develops into an embryo. Screening of ethyl methanesulfonate-mutagenized populations of Arabidopsis led to the identification of EMBRYONIC FACTOR 1 (FAC1), a locus that gives a zygote-lethal phenotype when mutated. The FAC1 gene was identified by positional cloning and confirmed by a genetic complementation test against a T-DNA insertion...
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