Open AccessDefensin-Like ZmES4 Mediates Pollen Tube Burst in Maize via Opening of the Potassium Channel KZM1
Author(s) -
Suseno Amien,
Irina Kliwer,
Mihaela L. Márton,
Thomas Debener,
Dietmar Geiger,
Dirk Becker,
Thomas Dresselhaus
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000388
Subject(s) - gametophyte , pollen tube , biology , sperm , pollen , double fertilization , egg cell , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , gamete , human fertilization , genetics , pollination
Species-preferential osmotic pollen tube burst and sperm discharge in maize involve induced opening of the pollen tube-expressed potassium channel KZM1 by the egg apparatus-derived defensin-like protein ZmES4.
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