Rice UCL8, a plantacyanin gene targeted by miR408, regulates fertility by controlling pollen tube germination and growth.
Fan ZhangYu-Chan ZhangJin-Ping ZhangYang YuYan-Fei ZhouYan-Zhao FengYu-Wei YangMeng-Qi LeiHuang HeJian-Pin LianYue-Qin ChenPublished in: Rice (New York, N.Y.) (2018)
The rice plantacyanin family member OsUCL8 plays an important role in pollen tube formation and growth and, in turn, regulates fertility and the seed setting rate.