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A germ cell specific gene of the ARGONAUTE family is essential for the progression of premeiotic mitosis and meiosis during sporogenesis in rice.
The Plant cell - 1 Aug 2007
Nonomura Ken-Ichi, Morohoshi Akane, Nakano Mutsuko, Eiguchi Mitsugu, Miyao Akio, Hirochika Hirohiko, Kurata Nori
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The rice (Oryza sativa) genome contains 18 copies of genes of the ARGONAUTE (AGO) family. Although AGO members play important roles in RNA-mediated silencing during plant development, a family member that is specifically involved in sexual reproduction has not been identified in plants. We identi...
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