[EN] Pectin methylesterases (PMEs) are a family of enzymes involved in plant reproductive processes such as pollen development and pollen tube growth. We have isolated and characterized PsPMEP, a pea (Pisum sativum L.) ...
Rodas, Ana L.; Roque Mesa, Edelin Marta; Hamza, Rim; Gómez Mena, María Concepción; BELTRAN PORTER, JOSE PIO; Cañas Clemente, Luís Antonio(Frontiers Media SA, 2023-03-11)
[EN] The SUPERMAN (SUP) gene was described in Arabidopsis thaliana over 30 years
ago. SUP was classified as a cadastral gene required to maintain the boundaries
between reproductive organs, thus controlling stamen and ...
Rojas-Gracía, Pilar; Roque Mesa, Edelin Marta; Medina, Mónica; López-Martín, María Jesús; Cañas Clemente, Luís Antonio; BELTRAN PORTER, JOSE PIO; Gómez Mena, María Concepción(Frontiers Media SA, 2019-03-07)
[EN] The formation of fruits is an important step in the life cycle of flowering plants. The
process of fruit development is highly regulated and involves the interaction of a complex
regulatory network of genes in both ...
[EN] Fruit set is an essential process to ensure successful sexual plant reproduction. The development of the flower into a fruit is actively repressed in the absence of pollination. However, some cultivars from a few ...
Salazar-Sarasua, Blanca; López-Martín, María Jesús; Roque Mesa, Edelin Marta; Hamza, Rim; Cañas Clemente, Luís Antonio; BELTRAN PORTER, JOSE PIO; Gómez Mena, María Concepción(Blackwell Publishing, 2022-12)
[EN] The tapetum is a specialized layer of cells within the anther, adjacent to the sporogenous tissue. During its short life, it provides nutrients, molecules and materials to the pollen mother cells and microsporocytes, ...
Serwatowska, Joanna; Roque Mesa, Edelin Marta; Gómez Mena, María Concepción; Constantin, Gabriela D.; Wen, Jiangqi; Mysore, Kirankumar S.; Lund, Ole S.; Johansen, Elisabeth; Beltran Porter, Jose Pio; Cañas Clemente, Luís Antonio(Public Library of Science, 2014-08)
[EN] C-function MADS-box transcription factors belong to the AGAMOUS (AG) lineage and specify both stamen and carpel
identity and floral meristem determinacy. In core eudicots, the AG lineage is further divided into two ...