OsPCBP

2015-01-20 | Categories genes  | Tags pollen  microspore  anther 

• Information
  • Symbol: OsPCBP
  • MSU: LOC_Os11g46230
  • RAPdb: Os11g0689300
• Publication
  • A Calmodulin-Binding Protein from Rice is Essential to Pollen Development, 2011, Journal of Plant Biology.
• Genbank accession number
  • AY323950
• Key message
  • A pollen-expressed gene from rice, OsPCBP, that was previously cloned and identified encodes a novel calmodulin-binding protein
  • Our experimental results provide convincing evidence that OsPCBP protein plays an important role during the late stage of pollen development
  • Cytological observations at different stages revealed that microspores from the OsPCBP double-stranded RNA interference plants developed normally until the binucleate stage, but about half were later aborted
  • Overexpression of OsPCBP in transgenic rice plants did not lead to phenotypic changes but did delay anther formation by about 1 week
• Connection

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