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Mitochondrial mutation impairs cytoplasmic male sterility rice in response to H₂O₂ stress.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Oct 2012
Li Shaoqing, Wan Cuixiang, Hu Chaofeng, Gao Feng, Huang Qi, Wang Kun, Wang Ting, Zhu Yingguo
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Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a phenomenon widely observed in various plant species characterized with disrupted anther development caused by mitochondrial mutation. CMS is becoming a model system for the investigations of nucleus-cytoplasmic interaction. To reveal the possible effects of CMS genes on plant growth in adverse environment, plant development and biochemical characters of mitochondria from...
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