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SUBMITTER: Toriyama K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8562580 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) 20210901 3
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited trait that causes dysfunctions in pollen and anther development. CMS is caused by the interaction between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. A product of a CMS-causing gene encoded by the mitochondrial genome affects mitochondrial function and the regulation of nuclear genes, leading to male sterility. In contrast, the <i>RESTORER OF FERTILITY</i> gene (<i>Rf</i> gene) in the nuclear genome suppresses the expression of the CMS-causing ge ...[more]