Dicer-like 5 deficiency confers temperature-sensitive male sterility in maize

Small RNAs act to regulate gene or transposon activity during plant development. Here, the authors show that maize Dicer-like 5 is required for 24-nt phased, secondary small interfering RNA production in anthers and that dicer-like 5 mutants show abnormal tapetal development and temperature-sensitiv...

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Main Authors: Chong Teng, Han Zhang, Reza Hammond, Kun Huang, Blake C. Meyers, Virginia Walbot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16634-6