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EAT1 promotes tapetal cell death by regulating aspartic proteases during male reproductive development in rice.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2013
Niu Ningning, Liang Wanqi, Yang Xijia, Jin Weilin, Wilson Zoe A, Hu Jianping, Zhang Dabing
Abstract excerpt
Programmed cell death is essential for the development of multicellular organisms, yet pathways of plant programmed cell death and its regulation remain elusive. Here we report that ETERNAL TAPETUM 1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor conserved in land plants, positively regulates programmed cell death in tapetal cells in rice anthers. eat1 exhibits delayed tapetal cell death and aborted pollen...
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