Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb366340
• Gene Symbol: MS8
• Gene Name: male sterile8
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• Maize Male sterile 8 (MS8), a putative β-1,3-galactosyltransferase, modulates cell division, expansion, and differentiation during early maize anther development.
• MS8 a gene involves in male sterility and pollen dispersal.
• Male sterile 8 (MS8) gene causes male sterility with multiple phenotypic defects first visible in the epidermal and tapetal cells.
• MS8 might be involved in maintenance of mitochondrial integrity.

Function-related keywords:

• development ,  pollen ,  anther ,  sterility ,  pollen-development ,  cell-division ,  sterile ,  anther-development ,  tapetal ,  male-sterility ,  cell-expansion

Literature:

• Maize Male sterile 8 (Ms8), a putative β-1,3-galactosyltransferase, modulates cell division, expansion, and differentiation during early maize anther development.   DOI:  10.1007/s00497-013-0230-y ;  PMID:  23887707

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: 100283501
• UniProt accessions: B8A0Q2

Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article