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Global transcriptome analysis of two ameiotic1 alleles in maize anthers: defining steps in meiotic entry and progression through prophase I.
BMC plant biology - 26 Aug 2011
Nan Guo-Ling, Ronceret Arnaud, Wang Rachel C, Fernandes John F, Cande W Zacheus, Walbot Virginia
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BACKGROUND: Developmental cues to start meiosis occur late in plants. Ameiotic1 (Am1) encodes a plant-specific nuclear protein (AM1) required for meiotic entry and progression through early prophase I. Pollen mother cells (PMCs) remain mitotic in most am1 mutants including am1-489, while am1-praI permits meiotic entry but PMCs arrest at the leptotene/zygotene (L/Z) transition, defining the roles of AM1 protein in...
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