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Conserved molecular components for pollen tube reception and fungal invasion.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 12 Nov 2010
Kessler Sharon A, Shimosato-Asano Hiroko, Keinath Nana F, Wuest Samuel E, Ingram Gwyneth, Panstruga Ralph, Grossniklaus Ueli
Abstract excerpt
During sexual reproduction in flowering plants such as Arabidopsis, a tip-growing pollen tube (PT) is guided to the synergid cells of the female gametophyte, where it bursts and releases the two sperm. Here we show that PT reception and powdery mildew (PM) infection, which involves communication between a tip-growing hypha and a plant epidermal cell, share molecular components. NORTIA (NTA), a member of the MLO...
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