Gene expression in mature pollen and sperm cells versus young seedling as a vegetative sporophyte reference control
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ABSTRACT: Sperm cells represent the male partner that fuses with the egg cell during fertilization in all multi-cellular eukaryotic organisms, and, in flowering plants, is a founder of both embryo and nutritive endosperm. We examined the transcriptome of Oryza sativa ssp. japonica using the Affymetrix 57K rice genome GeneChip to provide an overview of genes activated in the paternal gamete. We used microarrays to detail the global program of gene expression in mature pollen and sperm cells at anthesis, which constitutes the stage immediately preceding pollen germination and gamete deposition leading up to fertilization. This documents the condition of the male gametophytic cells prior to fertilization. Keywords: tissue expression profile, male gametophyte, sperm, pollen, seedling
ORGANISM(S): Oryza sativa
PROVIDER: GSE17002 | GEO | 2012/04/30
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA117739
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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