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The Polycomb group protein MEDEA and the DNA methyltransferase MET1 interact to repress autonomous endosperm development in Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2013
Schmidt Anja, Wöhrmann Heike J P, Raissig Michael T, Arand Julia, Gheyselinck Jacqueline, Gagliardini Valeria, Heichinger Christian, Walter Joern, Grossniklaus Ueli
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In flowering plants, double fertilization of the female gametes, the egg and the central cell, initiates seed development to give rise to a diploid embryo and the triploid endosperm. In the absence of fertilization, the FERTILIZATION-INDEPENDENT SEED Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (FIS-PRC2) repre...
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