Article
ATP-binding cassette transporter G26 is required for male fertility and pollen exine formation in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2010
Quilichini Teagen D, Friedmann Michael C, Samuels A Lacey, Douglas Carl J
Abstract excerpt
The highly resistant biopolymer, sporopollenin, gives the outer wall (exine) of spores and pollen grains their unparalleled strength, shielding these structures from terrestrial stresses. Despite a limited understanding of the composition of sporopollenin, it appears that the synthesis of sporopollenin occurs in the tapetum and requires the transport of one or more sporopollenin constituents to the surface of...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Biopolymers
- Carotenoids
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Mutation
