Molecular biology of male gametogenesis

MCCORMICK, SHEILA; CURIE, CATHERINE; EYAL, YORAM; MUSCHIETTI, JORGE; DIRCKS, LORI; KULIKAUSKAS, RIMA

EUPHYTICA

SPRINGER

Año: 1994 vol. 79 p. 245 - 250

0014-2336

Pollen development has been studied at a molecular level in several systems that are amenable to genetic or transgenic analysis. We have characterized several tomato genes that are expressed late in pollen development. Our goals in this research were 1) to determine the cis- and tran-acting factors that mediate pollen expression, and 2) to determine the functions of the proteins encoded by these genes. We currently favor the hypothesis that pollen-specific gene expression is mediated in a combinatorial manner. Antisense experiments have indicated an important role for the LAT52 protein during pollen hydration. © 1994 Kluwer Academic Publishers.