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Unique changes in mitochondrial genomes associated with reversions of S-type cytoplasmic male sterility in maizemar.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Matera John T, Monroe Jessica, Smelser Woodson, Gabay-Laughnan Susan, Newton Kathleen J
Abstract excerpt
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in plants is usually associated with the expression of specific chimeric regions within rearranged mitochondrial genomes. Maize CMS-S plants express high amounts of a 1.6-kb mitochondrial RNA during microspore maturation, which is associated with the observed pollen abortion. This transcript carries two chimeric open reading frames, orf355 and orf77, both unique to CMS-S. CMS-S...
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