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Collaborative non-self recognition system in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 5 Nov 2010
Kubo Ken-ichi, Entani Tetsuyuki, Takara Akie, Wang Ning, Fields Allison M, Hua Zhihua, Toyoda Mamiko, Kawashima Shin-ichi, Ando Toshio, Isogai Akira, Kao Teh-hui, Takayama Seiji
Abstract excerpt
Self-incompatibility in flowering plants prevents inbreeding and promotes outcrossing to generate genetic diversity. In Solanaceae, a multiallelic gene, S-locus F-box (SLF), was previously shown to encode the pollen determinant in self-incompatibility. It was postulated that an SLF allelic product specifically detoxifies its non-self S-ribonucleases (S-RNases), allelic products of the pistil determinant, inside...
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