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Defensin-Like ZmES4 Mediates Pollen Tube Burst in Maize via Opening of the Potassium Channel KZM1

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PLOS Biology, 8 (6): 1-13 (June 2010)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000388

Abstract

Species-preferential osmotic pollen tube burst and sperm discharge in maize involve induced opening of the pollen tube-expressed potassium channel KZM1 by the egg apparatus-derived defensin-like protein ZmES4.

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