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ENDOSPERM DEFECTIVE1 Is a Novel Microtubule-Associated Protein Essential for Seed Development in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2009
Pignocchi Cristina, Minns Gregory E, Nesi Nathalie, Koumproglou Rachil, Kitsios Georgios, Benning Christoph, Lloyd Clive W, Doonan John H, Hills Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
Early endosperm development involves a series of rapid nuclear divisions in the absence of cytokinesis; thus, many endosperm mutants reveal genes whose functions are essential for mitosis. This work finds that the endosperm of Arabidopsis thaliana endosperm-defective1 (ede1) mutants never cellularizes, contains a reduced number of enlarged polyploid nuclei, and features an aberrant microtubule cytoskeleton, where...
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