A germ cell-specific gene of the ARGONAUTE family is essential for the progression of premeiotic mitosis and meiosis during sporogenesis in rice

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2583-2594

  Nonomura, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Morohoshi, Akane ^a   Nakano, Mutsuko ^a   Eiguchi, Mitsugu ^a   Miyao, Akio ^c   Hirochika, Hirohiko ^c   Kurataa, Nori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; MITOSIS; POLLEN MOTHER CELLS (PMC); PREMEIOTIC MITOSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

CROPS;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 35348889711     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.053199     Document Type: Article

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