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Compatibility and incompatibility in S-RNase-based systems.
Annals of botany - 1 Sept 2011
McClure Bruce, Cruz-García Felipe, Romero Carlos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: S-RNase-based self-incompatibility (SI) occurs in the Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Plantaginaceae. In all three families, compatibility is controlled by a polymorphic S-locus encoding at least two genes. S-RNases determine the specificity of pollen rejection in the pistil, and S-locus F-box proteins fulfill this function in pollen. S-RNases are thought to function as S-specific cytotoxins as well as...
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