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RADA-dependent branch migration has a predominant role in plant mitochondria and its defect leads to mtDNA instability and cell cycle arrest.
Arabidopsis plants deficient in the organellar helicase RADA are severely impaired in their development and fertility, correlating with increased mitochondrial genome recombination involving small repeats and accumulation of recombination-generated subgenomes. The picture is a scanning electron microscope image showing that no pollen attaches to the stigmatic papillae cells of the mutant, explaining its very low fertility. See Chevigny et al.
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Image Credit: Nicolas Chevigny
Citation: (2022) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 18(5) May 2022. PLoS Genet 18(5): ev18.i05. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v18.i05
Published: May 31, 2022
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Arabidopsis plants deficient in the organellar helicase RADA are severely impaired in their development and fertility, correlating with increased mitochondrial genome recombination involving small repeats and accumulation of recombination-generated subgenomes. The picture is a scanning electron microscope image showing that no pollen attaches to the stigmatic papillae cells of the mutant, explaining its very low fertility. See Chevigny et al.
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Image Credit: Nicolas Chevigny