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YAO is a nucleolar WD40-repeat protein critical for embryogenesis and gametogenesis in Arabidopsis.
BMC plant biology - 11 Aug 2010
Li Hong-Ju, Liu Nai-You, Shi Dong-Qiao, Liu Jie, Yang Wei-Cai
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BACKGROUND: In flowering plants, gametogenesis generates multicellular male and female gametophytes. In the model system Arabidopsis, the male gametophyte or pollen grain contains two sperm cells and a vegetative cell. The female gametophyte or embryo sac contains seven cells, namely one egg, two synergids, one central cell and three antipodal cells. Double fertilization of the central cell and egg produces...
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