A new "lock-and-key" system revealed for plant reproductive barriers

Daphne R Goring

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.005

A new "lock-and-key" system revealed for plant reproductive barriers

Cell. 2023 Oct 26;186(22):4734-4736. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.005.

Author

Daphne R Goring¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada. Electronic address: d.goring@utoronto.ca.

PMID: 37890456
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.005

Abstract

Mate selection in flowering plants can occur very rapidly after male pollen contact on the female pistil, but the cellular regulators driving this process were poorly understood. In this issue of Cell, Lan et al. have discovered the components of a complex ligand-receptor system controlling pollen selection in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis* / genetics
Arabidopsis* / physiology
Pollen
Reproduction