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Plant and Cell Physiology 2008 49(10):1478-1483; doi:10.1093/pcp/pcn130
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MAA3 (MAGATAMA3) Helicase Gene is Required for Female Gametophyte Development and Pollen Tube Guidance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Kentaro K. Shimizu1,2,*, Toshiro Ito1,3, Sumie Ishiguro1,4 and Kiyotaka Okada1,5,6

1Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwake, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
2Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich, CH-8008, Switzerland
3Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604
4Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
5National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585 Japan
6Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan

*Corresponding author: E-mail, shimizu{at}botinst.uzh.ch; Fax, +41-44-634-8204.


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The female gametophyte plays a central role in the sexual reproduction of angiosperms. We previously isolated the maa3 (magatama3) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, defective in development of the female gametophyte, micropylar pollen tube guidance, and preventing the attraction of multiple pollen tubes. We here observed that the nucleolus of polar nuclei is small, and that the fusion of polar nuclei often did not occur at the time of pollination. The MAA3 gene encodes a homolog of yeast Sen1 helicase, required for RNA metabolism. It is suggested that MAA3 may regulate RNA molecules responsible for nucleolar organization and pollen tube guidance.

Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana - Female gametophyte - magatama3 (maa3) - Nucleolus - Pollen tube guidance - Sen1 RNA helicase

Abbreviations: DIC, differential interference contrast; FG, female gametophyte; RT–PCR, reverse transcription–PCR; snoRNA, small nucleolar RNA; TAIL PCR, thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR

Note:The nucleotide sequence of MAA3 cDNA has been submitted to GenBank with the accession number EU915246.

(Received July 31, 2008; Accepted August 29, 2008)
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