Article
No primexine and plasma membrane undulation is essential for primexine deposition and plasma membrane undulation during microsporogenesis in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Jan 2012
Chang Hai-Shuang, Zhang Cheng, Chang Yu-Hua, Zhu Jun, Xu Xiao-Feng, Shi Zhi-Hao, Zhang Xiao-Lei, Xu Ling, Huang Hai, Zhang Sen, Yang Zhong-Nan
Abstract excerpt
Primexine deposition and plasma membrane undulation are the initial steps of pollen wall formation. However, little is known about the genes involved in this important biological process. Here, we report a novel gene, NO PRIMEXINE AND PLASMA MEMBRANE UNDULATION (NPU), which functions in the early stage of pollen wall development in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Loss of NPU function causes male sterility due...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Biopolymers
- Carotenoids
- Cell Membrane
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gametogenesis, Plant
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Glucans
- Meiosis