title: Self-incompatibility in flowering plants: the Brassica model.
abstract: Self-incompatibility (SI) is a widespread mechanism in flowering plants that prevents self-fertilization. Self-pollen recognition relies on the products of genes located at the S (self-incompatibility) locus. Significant progress towards understanding molecular interactions allowing stigmatic cells to recognize and reject self-pollen in Brassica has been made during the past two years. Thus, the male and female determinants responsible of the self-incompatibility (SI) response have been identified. The structural features of these molecules strongly suggest that SI response is triggered by a ligand-receptor interaction.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de reproduction et développement des plantes, UMR 5667 CNRS-Inra-ENS-UCBL, 46, allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France. thierry.gaude@ens-lyon.fr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gaude
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cabrillac
mesh_terms: D001937:Brassica / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005306:Fertilization; D017343:Genes, Plant; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011058:Pollen / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins