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Gsp1 triggers the sexual developmental program including inheritance of chloroplast DNA and mitochondrial DNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
The Plant cell - 1 Jun 2012
Nishimura Yoshiki, Shikanai Toshiharu, Nakamura Soichi, Kawai-Yamada Maki, Uchimiya Hirofumi
Abstract excerpt
The isogamous green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has emerged as a premier model for studying the genetic regulation of fertilization and sexual development. A key regulator is known to be a homeoprotein gene, GAMETE-SPECIFIC PLUS1 (GSP1), which triggers the zygotic program. In this study, we isolated a mutant, biparental31 (bp31), which lacks GSP1. bp31 mt+ gametes fuse normally to form zygotes, but the sexual...
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