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The Arabidopsis MALE STERILITY 2 protein shares similarity with reductases in elongation/condensation complexes
Mark G. M. Aarts,Rachel Hodge,Kriton Kalantidis,Dion E. A. Florack,Zoe A. Wilson,Bernard J. Mulligan,Willem J. Stiekema,Rod J. Scott,Andy Pereira +8 more
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The Arabidopsis thaliana MALE STERILITY 2 (MS2) gene product shows sequence similarity to a jojoba protein that converts wax fatty acids to fatty alcohols and a possible function of the MS2 protein as a fatty acyl reductase in the formation of pollen wall substances is discussed.Citations
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