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Molecular Cell Biology of Pollen Walls

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Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 22))

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The pollen wall comprises the outer exine and the inner intine layers. It plays important roles in protecting pollen from various environmental stresses including microbial attack and in cell-cell recognition during pollination. The exine is further divided into a sexine and a nexine layer. The material for the exine is provided directly by the tapetal cells. The pollen wall of each plant has its unique pattern. After meiosis, the four microspores are enwrapped by callose to form a tetrad. The pollen-wall pattern is determined at tetrad stage. In contrast, the intine is synthesized by the microspore itself. Many genes have been identified from male-sterile mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana and rice during recent years. The majority of these genes are involved in pollen-wall formation including tapetal development, sporopollenin biosynthesis and transport, callose wall and primexine deposition. This chapter introduces the recent advance of pollen-wall formation in genetic and molecular level.

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Lou, Y., Zhu, J., Yang, Z. (2014). Molecular Cell Biology of Pollen Walls. In: Nick, P., Opatrny, Z. (eds) Applied Plant Cell Biology. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41787-0_6

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