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Control of plant germline proliferation by SCFFBL17 degradation of cell cycle inhibitors

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  • Hyo Jung Kim

    (Division of Molecular Life Sciences,)

  • Sung Aeong Oh

    (University of Leicester, University Road
    Present address: School of Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.)

  • Lynette Brownfield

    (University of Leicester, University Road)

  • Sung Hyun Hong

    (Division of Molecular Life Sciences,)

  • Hojin Ryu

    (Division of Molecular Life Sciences,)

  • Ildoo Hwang

    (Division of Molecular Life Sciences,)

  • David Twell

    (University of Leicester, University Road)

  • Hong Gil Nam

    (Division of Molecular Life Sciences,
    School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, South Korea)

Abstract

Flowering plants: doubly fertile Double fertilization is a biologically unique reproduction system considered a key innovation in the evolution of flowering plants. Unlike fertilization in animals, double fertilization involves the production of a pair of sperm cells by the selective division of unequal daughter cells. Now a novel F-box protein, FBL17, has been found to promote twin sperm cell production in Arabidopsis. FBL17 targets KRP7, an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases, in the male germ cells. The cell cycle regulation mechanism used by flowering plants is evolutionarily conserved between yeast and animal cells, and this new work shows how regulatory mechanisms have evolved to tailor it to special circumstances.

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  • Hyo Jung Kim & Sung Aeong Oh & Lynette Brownfield & Sung Hyun Hong & Hojin Ryu & Ildoo Hwang & David Twell & Hong Gil Nam, 2008. "Control of plant germline proliferation by SCFFBL17 degradation of cell cycle inhibitors," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7216), pages 1134-1137, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7216:d:10.1038_nature07289
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07289
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