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Tapetum degeneration retardation is critical for aliphatic metabolism and gene regulation during rice pollen development.
Molecular plant - 1 Jul 2008
Zhang Da-Sheng, Liang Wan-Qi, Yuan Zheng, Li Na, Shi Jing, Wang Jue, Liu Yu-Min, Yu Wen-Juan, Zhang Da-Bing
Abstract excerpt
As a complex wall system in flowering plants, the pollen outer wall mainly contains aliphatic sporopollenin; however, the mechanism for synthesizing these lipidic precursors during pollen development remains less well understood. Here, we report on the function of the rice tapetum-expressing TDR...
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