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Maize requires Embryo defective27 for embryogenesis and seedling development.
Plant physiology - 30 Apr 2024
Liu Xin-Yuan, Jiang Rui-Cheng, Ma Bing, Wang Yong, Yang Yan-Zhuo, Xu Chunhui, Sun Feng, Tan Bao-Cai
Abstract excerpt
The essential role of plastid translation in embryogenesis has been established in many plants, but a retrograde signal triggered by defective plastid translation machinery that may leads to embryogenesis arrest remains unknown. In this study, we characterized an embryo defective27 (emb27) mutant in maize (Zea mays), and cloning indicates that Emb27 encodes the plastid ribosomal protein S13. The null mutant...
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