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A putative plant organelle RNA recognition protein gene is essential for maize kernel development.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Mar 2015
Chettoor Antony M, Yi Gibum, Gomez Elisa, Hueros Gregorio, Meeley Robert B, Becraft Philip W
Abstract excerpt
Basal endosperm transfer layer (BETL) cells are responsible for transferring apoplastic solutes from the maternal pedicel into the endosperm, supplying the grain with compounds required for embryo development and storage reserve accumulation. Here, we analyze the maize (Zea mays L.) empty pericarp6 (emp6) mutant, which causes early arrest in grain development. The Emp6+gene function is required independently in...
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