Arabidopsis ICK/KRP cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors function to ensure the formation of one megaspore mother cell and one functional megaspore per ovule.

In most plants, the female germline starts with the differentiation of one megaspore mother cell (MMC) in each ovule that produces four megaspores through meiosis, one of which survives to become the functional megaspore (FM). The FM further develops into an embryo sac. Little is known regarding the...

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Main Authors: Ling Cao, Sheng Wang, Prakash Venglat, Lihua Zhao, Yan Cheng, Shengjian Ye, Yuan Qin, Raju Datla, Yongming Zhou, Hong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5858843?pdf=render