Sakura Eizuka

GAMETE EXPRESSED PROTEIN1 ortholog in Marchantia polymorpha is essential for male pronucleus formation in fertilized egg cells

Abstract GAMETE EXPRESSED PROTEIN1 (GEX1) is a gamete nuclear membrane protein essential for nuclear fusion during sexual reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana. GEX1 orthologs have been identified in several terrestrial plants. The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, which uses motil...