ReviewThe Plant cell1998
Genetic analysis of female gametophyte development and function.
Review in The Plant cell, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.
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70 citing papers in PubMed.
- A MAPK cascade regulates nuclear migration during female gametogenesis to establish specific cell identity and rice female fertility.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Advances in Small RNA Regulation of Female Gametophyte Development in Flowering Plants.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- MADS31 supports female germline development by repressing the post-fertilization programme in cereal ovules.Nature plants · 2025Article
- 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
- A Moderate Water Deficit Induces Profound Changes in the Proteome of Developing Maize Ovaries.Biomolecules · 2024Article
- Arabidopsis ribosomal RNA processing meerling mutants exhibit suspensor-derived polyembryony due to direct reprogramming of the suspensor.The Plant cell · 2024Article
- Mutation of DEFECTIVE EMBRYO SAC1 results in a low seed-setting rate in rice by regulating embryo sac development.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Article
- Big Role of Small RNAs in Female Gametophyte Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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- The canonical α-SNAP is essential for gametophytic development in Arabidopsis.PLoS genetics · 2021Article
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- Importin β4 Mediates Nuclear Import of GRF-Interacting Factors to Control Ovule Development in Arabidopsis.Plant physiology · 2019Article
- Protocol for rapid clearing and staining of fixed Arabidopsis ovules for improved imaging by confocal laser scanning microscopy.Plant methods · 2019Article
- Patterns of Transmission Ratio Distortion in Interspecific Lettuce Hybrids Reveal a Sex-Independent Gametophytic Barrier.Genetics · 2019Article
- A LysM Domain-Containing GeneFrontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Pistil Transcriptome Analysis to Disclose Genes and Gene Products Related to Aposporous Apomixis inFrontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Maternal Gametophyte Effects on Seed Development in Maize.Genetics · 2016Article
- Arabinogalactan Proteins as Interactors along the Crosstalk between the Pollen Tube and the Female Tissues.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Review
- De novo sequencing of the Hypericum perforatum L. flower transcriptome to identify potential genes that are related to plant reproduction sensu lato.BMC genomics · 2015Article
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Abstract
The female gametophyte is an absolutely essential structure for angiosperm reproduction. It produces the egg cell and central cell (which give rise to the embryo and endosperm, respectively) and mediates several reproductive processes including pollen tube guidance, fertilization, the induction of seed development, and perhaps also maternal control of embryo development. Although much has been learned about these processes at the cytological level, specific molecules mediating and controlling megagametogenesis and female gametophyte function have not been identified. A genetic approach to the identification of such molecules has been initiated in Arabidopsis and maize. Although genetic analyses are still in their infancy, mutations affecting female gametophyte function and specific steps of megagametogenesis have already been identified. Large-scale genetic screens aimed at identifying mutants affecting every step of megagametogenesis and female gametophyte function are in progress; the characterization of genes identified in these screens should go a long way toward defining the molecules that are required for female gametophyte development and function.
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