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Identification of proteins enriched in rice egg or sperm cells by single-cell proteomics.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Abiko Mafumi, Furuta Kensyo, Yamauchi Yoshio, Fujita Chiharu, Taoka Masato, Isobe Toshiaki, Okamoto Takashi
Abstract excerpt
In angiosperms, female gamete differentiation, fertilization, and subsequent zygotic development occur in embryo sacs deeply embedded in the ovaries. Despite their importance in plant reproduction and development, how the egg cell is specialized, fuses with the sperm cell, and converts into an active zygote for early embryogenesis remains unclear. This lack of knowledge is partly attributable to the difficulty of...
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