Plant self-incompatibility: ancient system becomes a new tool.
Expressing a pollen self-incompatibility gene from Papaver rhoeas (poppy) in Arabidopsis thaliana renders the latter sensitive to an exquisitely precise induced cell death response. This simple system may have wide application in biotechnology and research.
Department of Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, 117 Schweitzer Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. mcclureb@missouri.edu
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D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000502:physiology*; D010207:Papaver / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D060436:Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants / Q000235:genetics*
D010940:Plant Proteins