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Identification of the First Nuclear Male Sterility Gene (Male-sterile 9) in Sorghum.
The plant genome - 1 Nov 2019
Chen Junping, Jiao Yinping, Laza Haydee, Payton Paxton, Ware Doreen, Xin Zhanguo
Abstract excerpt
CORE IDEAS: The male-sterile 9 (ms9) is a novel nuclear male-sterile mutant in sorghum. The Ms9 gene encodes a PHD-finger transcription factor critical for pollen development. The identification of the Ms9 gene provides a strategy to control male sterility in sorghum. Nuclear male sterility (NMS) is important for understanding microspore development and could facilitate the development of new strategies to...
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