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empty pericarp4 encodes a mitochondrion-targeted pentatricopeptide repeat protein necessary for seed development and plant growth in maize.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2007
Gutiérrez-Marcos José F, Dal Prà Mauro, Giulini Anna, Costa Liliana M, Gavazzi Giuseppe, Cordelier Sylvain, Sellam Olivier, Tatout Christophe, Paul Wyatt, Perez Pascual, Dickinson Hugh G, Consonni Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) family represents one of the largest gene families in plants, with >440 members annotated in Arabidopsis thaliana. PPR proteins are thought to have a major role in the regulation of posttranscriptional processes in organelles. Recent studies have shown that Arabidopsis PPR proteins play an essential, nonredundant role during embryogenesis. Here, we demonstrate that mutations in...
Topics
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Cloning, Molecular
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrial Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Plant Proteins
- RNA, Messenger
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins