ReviewPlant reproduction2016
Male gametophyte development and function in angiosperms: a general concept.
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- The abundance of pollen coat small signaling proteins shows limited convergence between independent selfing transitions in Arabidopsis and Capsella.The New phytologist · 2026Article
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- ABA-Induced Transcriptomic Dynamics inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Anther and pollen thermotolerance: molecular mechanisms and implications for plant reproduction under heat stress.Planta · 2026Review
- Genetic defects in the CDP-choline pathway for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis cannot be transmitted to offspring via male gametophytes owing to interruption of autophagy-like processes required for pollen germination in Arabidopsis thaliana.Journal of plant research · 2026Article
- Evaluating the vulnerability of critical early life stages in plants during heat extremes.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Multi-omics integration of transcriptome, miRNA, and metabolome uncovers molecular mechanisms of male flower development in cucumber line B10 (Cucumis sativus L.).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring Reproductive Timing in Olive Tree: Male Meiosis and Anthesis Events.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- GOLEM: A tool for visualizing the distribution of Gene regulatOry eLEMents within the plant promoters with a focus on male gametophyte.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Article
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- Bioimaging insights into structural pathways of cell-to-cell communication within the male (MGU) and female (FGU) germ units of Arabidopsis thaliana.Plant cell reports · 2025Article
- Transcriptome Remodeling inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cytological analysis of flower development, insights into suitable growth area and genomic background: implications for Glehnia littoralis conservation and sustainable utilization.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- MAPK20-mediated ATG6 phosphorylation is critical for pollen development inHorticulture research · 2024Article
- Transcription Factors and Their Regulatory Roles in the Male Gametophyte Development of Flowering Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Rice HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN60-3B maintains male fertility under high temperature by starch granule biogenesis.Plant physiology · 2023Article
- Genome-wide identification of the valine-glutamine motif containing gene family and the role of VQ25-1 in pollen germination in Brassica oleracea.Genes & genomics · 2023Article
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Abstract
key messageOverview of pollen development. Male gametophyte development of angiosperms is a complex process that requires coordinated activity of different cell types and tissues of both gametophytic and sporophytic origin and the appropriate specific gene expression. Pollen ontogeny is also an excellent model for the dissection of cellular networks that control cell growth, polarity, cellular differentiation and cell signaling. This article describes two sequential phases of angiosperm pollen ontogenesis-developmental phase leading to the formation of mature pollen grains, and a functional or progamic phase, beginning with the impact of the grains on the stigma surface and ending at double fertilization. Here we present an overview of important cellular processes in pollen development and explosive pollen tube growth stressing the importance of reserves accumulation and mobilization and also the mutual activation of pollen tube and pistil tissues, pollen tube guidance and the communication between male and female gametophytes. We further describe the recent advances in regulatory mechanisms involved such as posttranscriptional regulation (including mass transcript storage) and posttranslational modifications to modulate protein function, intracellular metabolic signaling, ionic gradients such as Ca(2+) and H(+) ions, cell wall synthesis, protein secretion and intercellular signaling within the reproductive tissues.
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