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A receptor heteromer mediates the male perception of female attractants in plants.
Nature - 10 Mar 2016
Wang Tong, Liang Liang, Xue Yong, Jia Peng-Fei, Chen Wei, Zhang Meng-Xia, Wang Ying-Chun, Li Hong-Ju, Yang Wei-Cai
Abstract excerpt
Sexual reproduction requires recognition between the male and female gametes. In flowering plants, the immobile sperms are delivered to the ovule-enclosed female gametophyte by guided pollen tube growth. Although the female gametophyte-secreted peptides have been identified to be the chemotactic attractant to the pollen tube, the male receptor(s) is still unknown. Here we identify a cell-surface receptor...
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