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Zm401, a short-open reading-frame mRNA or noncoding RNA, is essential for tapetum and microspore development and can regulate the floret formation in maize.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Sept 2008
Ma Jinxia, Yan Bingxue, Qu Yanying, Qin Fangfang, Yang Yantao, Hao Xiujing, Yu Jingjuan, Zhao Qian, Zhu Dengyun, Ao Guangming
Abstract excerpt
In flowering plants, pollen formation depends on the differentiation and interaction of two cell types in the anther: the reproductive cells, called microsporocytes, and somatic cells that form the tapetum. Previously, we cloned a pollen specific gene, zm401, from a cDNA library generated from the mature pollen of Zea mays. Expression of partial cDNA of zm401 in maize and ectopic expression of zm401 in tobacco...
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