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Molecular and functional analysis of pollen-active genes

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Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive development in flowering plants

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Pollen development has been studied for many years, but only recently at the molecular level. Two objectives of recent molecular analyses of pollen development are to understand the regulatory circuits that control differential gene expression in pollen and to determine the functions of pollen-expressed proteins during pollen development, germination and pollen-pistil interactions. Another focus is the isolation of anther-specific promoters, in order to manipulate reproductive development via chimeric gene constructs in transgenic plants.

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McCormick, S. (1994). Molecular and functional analysis of pollen-active genes. In: Williams, E.G., Clarke, A.E., Knox, R.B. (eds) Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive development in flowering plants. Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1669-7_17

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