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Maternal control of male-gamete delivery in Arabidopsis involves a putative GPI-anchored protein encoded by the LORELEI gene.
The Plant cell - 1 Nov 2008
Capron Arnaud, Gourgues Mathieu, Neiva Lissiene S, Faure Jean-Emmanuel, Berger Frederic, Pagnussat Gabriela, Krishnan Anjali, Alvarez-Mejia Cesar, Vielle-Calzada Jean-Philippe, Lee Yuh-Ru, Liu Bo, Sundaresan Venkatesan
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In Angiosperms, the male gametes are delivered to the female gametes through the maternal reproductive tissue by the pollen tube. Upon arrival, the pollen tube releases the two sperm cells, permitting double fertilization to take place. Although the critical role of the female gametophyte in poll...
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