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Conserved metabolic steps for sporopollenin precursor formation in tobacco and rice.
Physiologia plantarum - 1 Sept 2013
Wang Yanbing, Lin Ying-Chen, So Joan, Du Yegang, Lo Clive
Abstract excerpt
The development of pollen wall with proper sporopollenin deposition is essential for pollen viability and male fertility in flowering plants. Sporopollenin is a complex biopolymer synthesized from fatty acid and phenolic derivatives. Recent investigations in Arabidopsis have identified a number of anther-specific genes involved in the production of fatty-acyl monomers potentially required for exine formation. The...
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