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The SIDECAR POLLEN gene encodes a microspore-specific LOB/AS2 domain protein required for the correct timing and orientation of asymmetric cell division.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 2010
Oh Sung Aeong, Park Keun Sang, Twell David, Park Soon Ki
Abstract excerpt
Cellular patterning and differentiation in plants depend on the balance of asymmetric and symmetric divisions. Patterning of the male gametophyte (pollen grains) in flowering plants requires asymmetric division of the microspore followed by a symmetric division of the germ cell to produce three highly differentiated cells: a single vegetative cell and two sperm cells. In Arabidopsis sidecar pollen (scp) mutants a...
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