PpASCL, the Physcomitrella patens Anther-Specific Chalcone Synthase-Like Enzyme Implicated in Sporopollenin Biosynthesis, Is Needed for Integrity of the Moss Spore Wall and Spore Viability

Hypericum perforatumhydroxyalkylpyrone synthase involved in sporopollenin biosynthesis - phylogeny, site-directed mutagenesis, and expression in nonanther tissues

(2014) Christina Jepson et al.   FEBS Journal

Conservation ofMale Sterility 2function during spore and pollen wall development supports an evolutionarily early recruitment of a core component in the sporopollenin biosynthetic pathway

(2014) Simon Wallace et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Large-scale gene expression profiling data for the model mossPhyscomitrella patensaid understanding of developmental progression, culture and stress conditions

(2014) Manuel Hiss et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis of the sporophyte of the moss Physcomitrella patens

(2013) Martin-Timothy O’Donoghue et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Sporopollenin monomer biosynthesis in arabidopsis

(2013) Sung Soo Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Evolutionary stasis of sporopollenin biochemistry revealed by unaltered Pennsylvanian spores

(2012) W. T. Fraser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Conserved metabolic steps for sporopollenin precursor formation in tobacco and rice

(2012) Yanbing Wang et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

PpASCL, a moss ortholog of anther-specific chalcone synthase-like enzymes, is a hydroxyalkylpyrone synthase involved in an evolutionarily conserved sporopollenin biosynthesis pathway

(2011) Che C. Colpitts et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Male Sterile2 Encodes a Plastid-Localized Fatty Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase Required for Pollen Exine Development in Arabidopsis

(2011) W. Chen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Gibberellin perception system evolved to regulate a pre-existing GAMYB-mediated system during land plant evolution

(2011) Koichiro Aya et al.   Nature Communications

LAP6/POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE AandLAP5/POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE BEncode Hydroxyalkyl α-Pyrone Synthases Required for Pollen Development and Sporopollenin Biosynthesis inArabidopsis thaliana

(2010) Sung Soo Kim et al.   PLANT CELL

Analysis ofTETRAKETIDE α-PYRONE REDUCTASEFunction inArabidopsis thalianaReveals a Previously Unknown, but Conserved, Biochemical Pathway in Sporopollenin Monomer Biosynthesis

(2010) Etienne Grienenberger et al.   PLANT CELL

LAP5 and LAP6 Encode Anther-Specific Proteins with Similarity to Chalcone Synthase Essential for Pollen Exine Development in Arabidopsis

(2010) A. A. Dobritsa et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Novel localization of callose in the spores of Physcomitrella patens and phylogenomics of the callose synthase gene family

(2009) Scott Schuette et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A Novel Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase Is Required for Pollen Development and Sporopollenin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2009) C. de Azevedo Souza et al.   PLANT CELL

CYP704B1 Is a Long-Chain Fatty Acid  -Hydroxylase Essential for Sporopollenin Synthesis in Pollen of Arabidopsis

(2009) A. A. Dobritsa et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Class 1 KNOX genes are not involved in shoot development in the mossPhyscomitrella patensbut do function in sporophyte development

(2008) Keiko Sakakibara et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

An anther-specific dihydroflavonol 4-reductase-like gene (DRL1 ) is essential for male fertility in Arabidopsis

(2008) Lee Kwan Tang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Exploring plant biodiversity: the Physcomitrella genome and beyond

(2008) Daniel Lang et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE