orf137 triggers cytoplasmic male sterility in tomato

Kosuke Kuwabara; Shin-Ichi Arimura; Kenta Shirasawa; Tohru Ariizumi

doi:10.1093/plphys/kiac082

orf137 triggers cytoplasmic male sterility in tomato

Plant Physiol. 2022 Jun 1;189(2):465-468. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac082.

Authors

Kosuke Kuwabara^{1

2}, Shin-Ichi Arimura³, Kenta Shirasawa⁴, Tohru Ariizumi^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.
² Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Kojimachi, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.
³ Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.
⁴ Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
⁵ Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.

Abstract

mitoTALEN, a mitochondrial genome editing technology, demonstrated that the mitochondrial gene orf137 is responsible for inducing cytoplasmic male sterility in tomato.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Cytoplasm
Plant Infertility / genetics
Pollen
Solanum lycopersicum* / genetics