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GLUCAN SYNTHASE-LIKE 5 (GSL5) plays an essential role in male fertility by regulating callose metabolism during microsporogenesis in rice.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Mar 2015
Shi Xiao, Sun Xuehui, Zhang Zhiguo, Feng Dan, Zhang Qian, Han Lida, Wu Jinxia, Lu Tiegang
Abstract excerpt
Callose plays an important role in pollen development in flowering plants. In rice, 10 genes encoding putative callose synthases have been identified; however, none of them has been functionally characterized. In this study, a rice Glucan Synthase-Like 5 (GSL5) knock-out mutant was isolated that...
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