Article
Uncovering the post-embryonic functions of gametophytic- and embryonic-lethal genes.
Trends in plant science - 1 Jun 2011
Candela Héctor, Pérez-Pérez José Manuel, Micol José Luis
Abstract excerpt
An estimated 500-1 000 Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genes mutate to embryonic lethality. In addition, several hundred mutations have been identified that cause gametophytic lethality. Thus, a significant fraction of the ∼25,000 protein-coding genes in Arabidopsis are indispensable to the early stages of the diploid phase or to the haploid gametophytic phase. The expression patterns of many of these genes...
Topics
- Alleles
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Silencing
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Genotype
- Germ Cells, Plant
