Glycerol-3-Phosphate acyltransferase 6 (GPAT6) is important for tapetum development in arabidopsis and plays multiple roles in plant fertility

Molecular Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-142

  Li, Xiao Chuan ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Guo Rui ^a   Xing, Wei Feng ^a   Zhang, Sen ^a   Yang, Zhong Nan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis GPAT6; endoplasmic reticulum; exine and pollen coat; glycerolipid; stamen development; tapetum

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84863012392     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr057     Document Type: Article

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