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UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE 26 is required for seed development and the repression of PHERES1 in Arabidopsis.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2008
Luo Ming, Luo Ming-Zhu, Buzas Diana, Finnegan Jean, Helliwell Chris, Dennis Elizabeth S, Peacock W J, Chaudhury Abed
Abstract excerpt
The Arabidopsis mutant Atubp26 initiates autonomous endosperm at a frequency of approximately 1% in the absence of fertilization and develops arrested seeds at a frequency of approximately 65% when self-pollinated. These phenotypes are similar to those of the FERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT SEED (FIS) class mutants, mea, fis2, fie, and Atmsi1, which also show development of the central cell into endosperm in the...
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