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PLANT REPRODUCTION

Keeping pollen tubes on track

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A major question in plant reproduction is how pollen tubes perceive and decode female cues from the ovule for directional delivery of sperm cells. MILDEW RESISTANCE LOCUS-O proteins regulate pollen tube guidance by decoding ovular signals.

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Fig. 1: Model for MLO regulation of pollen tube directionality in response to ovular signals.

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  1. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Yan Ju & Sharon A. Kessler

  2. Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Yan Ju & Sharon A. Kessler

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Ju, Y., Kessler, S.A. Keeping pollen tubes on track. Nat. Plants 6, 51–52 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0601-y

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