Mutations in the arabidopsis nuclear-encoded mitochondrial phage-type rna polymerase gene rpotm led to defects in pollen tube growth, female gametogenesis and embryogenesis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 635-649

  Tan, Xiao Yun ^a   Liu, Xiao Lei ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Jia, Dong Jie ^a   Chen, Li Qun ^a   Zhang, Xue Qin ^a   Ye, De ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Embryogenesis; Gametogenesis; Mitochondria; Phage type RNA polymerase; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN TUBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77952902503     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq029     Document Type: Article

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