Genome-wide expression profiling of the Arabidopsis female gametophyte identifies families of small, secreted proteins.

The female gametophyte of flowering plants, the embryo sac, develops within the diploid (sporophytic) tissue of the ovule. While embryo sac-expressed genes are known to be required at multiple stages of the fertilization process, the set of embryo sac-expressed genes has remained poorly defined. In...

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Main Authors: Matthew W Jones-Rhoades, Justin O Borevitz, Daphne Preuss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2014789?pdf=render