Tetrad pollen formation in quartet mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana is associated with persistence of pectic polysaccharides of the pollen mother cell wall.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00183.x

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Tetrad pollen formation in quartet mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana is associated with persistence of pectic polysaccharides of the pollen mother cell wall.

The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 1998

Rhee S Y, Somerville C R

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The quartet (qrt) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana produce tetrad pollen in which microspores fail to separate during pollen development. Because the amount of callose deposition between microspores is correlated with tetrad pollen formation in other species, and because pectin is implicated as pl...

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Arabidopsis
Cell Wall
Glucans
Mutation
Pectins
Pollen

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