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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kirkbride RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3680378 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20130612 6
LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1) is a central regulator of seed development that plays a key role in controlling the maturation phase during which storage macromolecules accumulate and the embryo becomes tolerant of desiccation. We queried the genomes of seedless plants and identified a LEC1 homolog in the lycophyte, Selaginella moellendorffii, but not in the bryophyte, Physcomitrella patens. Genetic suppression experiments indicated that Selaginella LEC1 is the functional ortholog of Arabidopsis LEC1. T ...[more]