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SUBMITTER: Igawa T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543763 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Igawa Tomoko T Yamada Lixy L Sawada Hitoshi H Mori Toshiyuki T
Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) 20170627 2
Angiosperms possess a double fertilization system for sexual reproduction. Double fertilization is regulated by interactions among proteins localized in the plasma membrane of each sex gamete. A few plasma membrane resident proteins regulating double fertilization have been identified in male gametes. In contrast, no fertilization regulators in female gamete plasma membrane have been identified, largely due to difficulties in the isolation and collection of female gametes. We had produced Arabid ...[more]