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A null mutation in the first enzyme of flavonoid biosynthesis does not affect male fertility in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jun 1996
Burbulis I E, Iacobucci M, Shirley B W
Abstract excerpt
Flavonoids are a major class of secondary metabolites that serves a multitude of functions in higher plants, including a recently discovered role in male fertility. Surprisingly, Arabidopsis plants deficient in flavonoid biosynthesis appear to be fully fertile. Using RNA gel blot analysis and polymerase chain reaction-based assays, we have shown that a mutation at the 3' splice acceptor site in the Arabidopsis...
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